No pay raise for lawmakers: PM Imran on March 17, 2021Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday rejected the proposal of 50 percent increase in salaries of the members of the National Assembly and Senators. Sources privy to the developments told this correspondent that a summary prepared by the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry was presented in the last meeting of the Federal Cabinet held on March 9th, […]
PDM divided over choice of opposition leader in Senate on March 16, 2021After losing the two prime slots of chairman and deputy chairman in the Senate, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is facing some infighting over the choice of opposition leader of the upper house. According to the sources privy to developments in the opposition alliance, after the success of Yousaf Raza Gilani in securing his Senate […]
Time to push the reset button in Punjab? on March 15, 2021PTI leaders must have breathed a sigh of relief after their candidates won the election for Senate chairman and deputy chairman, winning back some lost pride for the party as well, but their celebrations wouldn’t have lasted too long since they are already confronted with the next crisis. And that is the question of the […]
The final battle! on March 12, 2021Amid a very thin margin in the numerical strength of senators belonging to the ruling coalition and the combined opposition, the Upper House of Parliament is all set to elect its new chairman and deputy chairman in a nail-biting contest today. Forty-eight newly elected senators will take oath of their office in Senate today and […]
As Pak ascents online labour ladder, govt enhances investment in ICT on March 12, 2021With a booming tech-savvy population and a rapidly increasing interest in digital freelancing, Pakistan has risen through the ranks to become the third-largest contributor of technical manpower in the world. According to the ILO report, Pakistan is now the world’s third-largest purveyor of technical manpower for online services, just behind Bangladesh and India. It is […]
A leap forward for strengthening economic partnership on March 11, 2021Prime Minister Imran Khan will dispatch the first cargo train on 23rd March 2021 for Istanbul under Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) train service project, which is being considered as the game changer for trade and economic ties between the three countries and the region at large. According to the officials, the first cargo train from Istanbul is […]
Clinching Senate top slot is the next ‘mission’ for opposition on March 6, 2021Now it’s almost clear that pulling off the most dramatic upset on the general seat of federal capital by the alliance of opposition parties- the PDM- has not happened without a big game that was played behind the scene. Regardless of short of at least nineteen to twenty votes, as claimed by Mr Asif Ali […]
Islamabad ‘tense’ as stage set for much-hyped Senate election today on March 3, 2021Rumours, uncertainty and controversies surrounding the much-hyped Senate elections will finally come to rest as polling on 37 vacant seats of the Upper House is going to be held today at the Parliament House in Islamabad and the three provincial assemblies. In Punjab all the 11 candidates returned unopposed following an understanding between the rival […]
Pak seeks EU assistance to strengthen informal dispute settlement system on March 3, 2021At the two day online workshop on improving access to justice which began on Tuesday, Senior Pusine Judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Mushir Alam said Pakistan is currently at a rudimentary stage vis-à-vis informal settlement of disputes but expressed the confidence that the greater cooperation from the EU would pave the way for […]
Chaudhrys of Gujrat ‘give the could shoulder’ to Asif Zardari on March 1, 2021The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) led by Chaudhrys of Gujrat has refused to play in the hands of former president and Co-Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari and turned down a proposal to initiate a move to make Pervaiz Elahi the chief minister of Punjab with the backing of Pakistan Democratic Movement […]