NA session adjourned amid ruckus on February 23, 2021The Lower House of the parliament on Monday was marred by rucks as treasury members thumped desks and chanted slogans against arrest and alleged victimization of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders by Sindh government in Karachi. As the National Assembly proceeding started after question hour, Speaker Asad Qaiser took up the agenda items related to laying […]
NA witnesses heated debate on inflation, hike in gas and power tariffs on February 20, 2021The National Assembly on Friday witnessed heated debate on inflation and hike in food, electricity and gas prices. The opposition benches raised serious concerns over public issues while the treasury kept on justifying their position during the session. As the session resumed, prayers were offered for the departed souls of Senator Mushahidullah Khan, legendary mountaineer […]
QAU to get $16.3 million lab to enable market-based research on February 16, 2021The issue of modern equipped laboratories ever remained a hot issue at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad but now a state-of-the-art high-tech computational lab is planned to be established with the installation of software worth $16.3 million, Daily Times has learnt reliably. According to the available information, the lab, which is first of its own kind, […]
Another NA session marred by scuffles on February 5, 2021Another session of the National Assembly was prorogued on Thursday for an indefinite period without any logical conclusion on the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill seeking open Senate vote and giving right to dual nationals to contest the general elections. The session began with rucks, slogans and heated arguments against each other, and desk thumping by […]
Ruckus in NA as bill on open ballot tabled on February 4, 2021Asad QaiserAnother session of National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday adjourned with rucks and shouts instead of any constructive debate, as the NA resumed its business after a halt of almost three months due to the Covid-19. The NA meet up started with Speaker Asad Qaiser in the chair. Surprisingly, both the opposition and treasury benches […]
Lower House passes three bills amid opposition’s protest on February 2, 20211-National-Assembly-of-PakistanAmid strong protest by opposition, the National Assembly (NA) on Monday passed three bills, while four other bills and ordinances tabled for legislation. The NA session started as per scheduled with speaker Asad Qaiser in chair. As proceedings resumed after the question hour, the speaker announced for debate on the bills. The opposition lawmakers started […]
Rumpus in NA as PML-N’s Afzal Khokhar tables privilege motion on January 30, 2021The Lower House of Parliament on Friday witnessed rumpus amid heated arguments as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Afzal Khokhar presented a privilege motion against demolition of illegally occupied properties in Lahore. The National Assembly session started with Speaker Asad Qaiser in the chair. The debate started as question hour ended after around two hours […]
NA bars suspended members from attending session on January 27, 2021The National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday prohibited members – whose membership has been suspended by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) – from attending session. This was ruled by NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri, who also chaired the session in absence of speaker Asad Qaiser. The deputy speaker said that to follow the country constitution, adding […]
NA session adjourned for lack of quorum on January 26, 2021The much awaited National Assembly session that called on Monday after interval of almost three months, has been adjourned once again due to incomplete quorum. It was expected that the session would cause an effort to lower down political temperatures in the country. However, it could not practice as the quorum remained incomplete after questions […]
HEC announces new PhD, undergrad policies to improve graduates’ quality on January 21, 2021The new Undergraduate Education Policy 2020 and the PhD Policy are aimed to protect students’ right to acquire quality education and to increase the value of higher education degrees nationally and internationally, said Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Tariq Banuri on Wednesday. He was speaking at a presser to brief the media on the new […]