Senates probe committee to visit Gujranwala today on February 23, 2017ISLAMABAD: The three-member fact finding committee of the Senate will visit Gujranwala today (Friday) to detect the factors behind corruption worth billions of rupees in Nandipur Power Project and burning of official documents regarding the project by Khawaja Saad Rafiq. The committee will present its reports in the Upper House of parliament on the mega […]
No consensus between opp, govt on military courts on February 17, 2017ISLAMABAD: Differences between the government and opposition on the issue of extension to military courts intensified on Thursday, as the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) rejected the roadmap given by the government. National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has convened an important meeting of the leaders of parliamentary parties to discuss the issue of extension to […]
JUI-F told to highlight Indian atrocities in front of Sartaj Aziz on February 16, 2017ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani has directed the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl to raise the issues of foreign affairs, including Indian atrocities in Indian-held Kashmir and terrorism in Balochistan in the Senate. Senator Hafiz Hamdullah on Wednesday said on a point of order that Pakistani culture and civilisation are being pushed towards darkness while screening of the […]
Meeting of party heads on 16th on February 10, 2017ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has convened the fifth meeting of parliamentary parties on February 16 for consultations before tabling the bill of extending military courts. Nawaz Sharif has showed his full confidence on the initiative taken by the speaker. Sources told Daily Times that after the major opposition parties in parliament including PPP, […]
Shazia Marri raises voice against harassing of PTV anchors on February 8, 2017ISLAMABAD: The government has approved a resolution from parliament to improve the performance of PTV to divert attention from the sexual harassment scandal in PTV. Treasury member Begum Tahira Bukhari tabled the resolution in the National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday to improve the performance of PTV. The resolution was adopted with consensus after counting. Parliamentary […]
Senate body chairwoman urges police to recover ‘missing bloggers’ on January 27, 2017ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in Senate, Raja Zafarul Haq, on Thursday said the issue related to the amendment in the blasphemy law is very sensitive. He was addressing the functional committee of Senate on human rights as a special invitee. The committee meeting was held at Parliament House under the chairmanship of Senator Nasreen […]
Amending blasphemy law might lead country to chaos on January 26, 2017ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in Senate Raja Zafarul Haq on Thursday said the issue related to the amendment in the blasphemy law is very sensitive. He was addressing the functional committee of Senate on human rights as a special invitee. The committee meeting was held at Parliament House under the chairmanship of Senator Nasreen […]
Clerics term human organs transplantation bill un-Islamic on January 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and Wafaq-ul-Madaris have termed the Organ and Tissue Transplantat Amendment Bill 2016 termed as non-Islamic and decided to challenge it in court. A personality who belongs to both of the forums told Daily Times that this bill was unconstitutional and according to Shariah did not have any worth. […]
CII prefers patients die than receive organ donations, calls them un-Islamic on January 23, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and Wafaq-ul-Madaris have termed the Organ and Tissue Transplant (amendment) Bill 2016 as non-Islamic and decided to challenge it in court. A personality who belongs to both of the forums told Daily Times that this bill was unconstitutional and according to Shariah did not have any worth. […]
Senate zeroes in on Raheel Sharif on January 12, 2017ISLAMABAD: General (r) Raheel Sharif did not get any formal permission from the government, GHQ and the army regarding his new appointment as head of allied army, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday briefed the Senate.q He also presented a letter issued by the Defence Ministry regarding rules and regulations in this regard. After the […]