Opposition to ‘tradition’ of ordinances echoes in NA on June 22, 2022The National Assembly Tuesday decried the tradition of presidential ordinances, saying that legislation should be practiced instead of ordinances. Speaking in the House with Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the chair, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali termed an ordinance a ‘kind of terrorism’. He recalled that when the current treasury was in the opposition, it rejected […]
NA ‘regrets’ Alvi’s refusal to sign electoral reforms bill on June 21, 2022Minister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Monday termed the second time rejection of the Election (Amendment) EVM/OP Bill, 2022 by President Dr Arif Alvi “regretful and failure to abide by the constitutional obligations.” Speaking in the National Assembly, Ayaz condemned President Alvi’s move, saying he was president of the country and instead of taking […]
Cash-starved HEC doles out bonuses worth millions to blue-eyed staff on June 20, 2022The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been decrying for cuts in its fiscal year 2022-23 budget by the federal government and demanded “an additional grant” after allocation of Rs 66 billion as recurring grant for the higher education sector while on the other hand it has spent thousands of rupees to its selected employees as […]
Opp walks out of Senate over fuel price hike on June 17, 2022The opposition parties in the Senate on Thursday protested over the statement of a Minister and staged a walkout from the House against the recent rise in prices of petroleum products. Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Dr Shehzad Waseem and Senator Mushtaq Ahmed criticized the government for raising the prices of petroleum products. […]
Debate starts in NA on Budget 2022-23 on June 16, 2022The National Assembly (NA) Wednesday successfully started general discussion on the Federal Budget 2022-23 presented by the coalition government last week. Participating in the debate, Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani said it was direly needed to explore the country’s resources in order to provide basic amenities of life to the people, adding that we need to set […]
Lawmakers decry ‘non-seriousness’ of treasury in NA budget debate on June 15, 2022The Lower House of Parliament seems merely fulfilling a formality as ongoing general debate on the federal budget got no special attention from the treasury members on Tuesday which has perturbed the opposition as well as some treasury members. While speaking on point of order on floor of the house, federal Minister for Human Rights […]
‘Toughest’ budget on June 11, 2022Amid strict conditions slapped by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for revival of $6 billion loan program, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail Friday unveiled the ‘toughest’ federal budget 2022-23 in the National Assembly with an outlay of over Rs9.5 trillion. The lower house of parliament was less chaotic than the last few […]
Budget 2022-23: Rs 44bn allocated for higher education on June 11, 2022The federal budget worth more than Rs 9,000 billion for the fiscal year 2022-23 unveiled on Friday by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail in the National Assembly (NA) in which more than Rs 44.17 billion has been allocated for the development budget of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for various projects. According […]
Joint sitting passes election, NAB bills on June 10, 2022The joint session of Parliament Thursday passed the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2022, and National Accountability (Amendment) Bill, 2022, returned by President Arif Alvi. The Elections (Amendment Bill), 2022 has abolished the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the elections, while the NAB bill has formulated a post-retirement procedure for its chairman, among other changes. […]
Patients suffer as PIMS doctors go on strike against MTI Act on June 9, 2022The patients at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Wednesday heavily suffered due to strike by hospital medical and paramedical staff against Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) Act. The PIMS staffers gathered outside administration block of the hospital and chanted slogans against the said legislation besides forcefully shutting down Out Patient Department (OPD) from 9 […]