NA opposes legislation on voting right to dual nationals on May 11, 2022The National Assembly Tuesday strongly opposed the proposed legislation on giving right to vote to the dual nationality holders. Initially, the proposed legislation was opposed by Noor Alam Khan, a former ruling party estranged member from Peshawar. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) estranged parliamentarian Noor Alam Khan basically rejected the dual nationals’ right to vote and […]
Imran must be reined in before it’s too late on May 10, 2022Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday said PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s statements against a national institution was in fact a conspiracy against the country, which needed to be stopped immediately to avert chaos. Addressing the National Assembly, he said if this situation was not controlled, then Pakistan could meet the fate of Syria and Libya. He […]
Federal govt nominates Baligh as governor Punjab on May 8, 2022Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday nominated former education minister Balighur Rahman as new governor of Punjab. A well informed source in the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said that PM Shehbaz Sharif has forwarded a summary of Rehman’s nomination to President Arif Alvi. Rehman, who hails from Bhawalpur, was elected from the NA-185 constituency […]
PTA to take action against advertising by Illegal housing societies on April 29, 2022The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) decided to take legal action against the housing societies that are declared illegal while they are advertising the illegitimate business on social media platforms. The decision was taken after the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) had approached the PTA to take some sort of action under the prescribed law. The PTA […]
HEC relaxes criteria to enhance nursing strength in Pakistan on April 25, 2022To cope with acute shortage of nursing staff in the country’s hospitals, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has waived-off the mandatory requirement of PhD qualified faculty members in order to launch Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) in colleges or universities. Earlier, it was compulsory for such institutions to have at least two PhD qualified […]
Zahid Durrani takes oath as NA Deputy Speaker on April 22, 2022JUI-F leader Zahid Akram Durrani Thursday took oath as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. Durrani was elected unopposed during the session chaired by Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. Ashraf also administered him the oath. In his maiden address, Durrani thanked the party chief Fazlur Rehman for reposing his trust in him. Durrani said his […]
Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar refuses to take ministry on April 20, 2022PPP Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar Tuesday refused to join the federal cabinet citing personal reasons. As per sources, Khokhar was offered the office of minister of state. However, he refused to accept the offer. When contacted by Daily Times, Khokhar confirmed the development. However, the PPP senator said he had taken the decision for personal […]
NA all set to choose new deputy speaker today on April 19, 2022The National Assembly (NA) is all set to choose its deputy speaker today (Tuesday) while two names included as Murtaza Javaid Abbasi and Zahid Akram Durani of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) respectively are under consideration, Daily Times has learnt. As per information the nomination papers for this slot are scheduled to […]
Ashraf takes oath as NA speaker; Suri resigns on April 17, 2022PPP’s Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected unopposed as the speaker of the National Assembly Saturday, with PTI leader Qasim Suri resigning from the office of the deputy speaker, hours before a no-confidence motion was scheduled to be tabled against him. In his opening note soon after taking the oath, newly elected NA Speaker Raja Pervez […]
Dialogue our priority, not deadlock on April 12, 2022PML-N President Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif was Monday elected as 23rd chief executive of Pakistan after 174 lawmakers polled their voted in his favor in the National Assembly. Shehbaz was nominated after the ouster Imran Khan from the office in a no-confidence resolution moved against him by the then joint opposition. Ayaz Sadiq of PML-N chaired […]