Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed claimed that Karachi Circular Railway will get operational in six months in collaboration with Sindh Government. Responding to a question during Question Hour in the National Assembly, he said the Supreme Court has directed to complete the project in six months. Radio Pakistan reported that Sheikh Rasheed said that the … Read more
Inspector General Police Sindh Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar has launched Zainab Alert Mobile App in Karachi on Tuesday. While addressing the ceremony, IG Sindh Mushtaq Mahar said the Mobile App will help to save the lives of our future generations through the use of current Information Communication Technology. Earlier this week, the Senate approved the Zainab … Read more
Islamabad High Court IHC seeks reply on Thursday from ministry of Law over the implementation of bill related to torture on school children. Islamabad High Court IHC seeks reply from the law ministry till March 12. Chief Justice of IHC Athar Minallah conducted hearing on a plea submitted by Pakistani famous singer and social activist … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A total of 3,240 Pakistani nationals are still languishing in the prisons of Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi informed the National Assembly’s session on Thursday. The report titled ‘Migration, Remittances, and Imprisonment: Migrant workers and the plight of Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia’s Prisons’ was published on Monday. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said a total of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Member National Assembly (MNA) and Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the government has not any clarification for hiking flour prices and sugar. According to the details, The former Prime Minister addressed the National Assembly and said people are unaware of the economic image which the government is portraying. … Read more
National assembly on Wednesday, witnessed massive brawl when Pakistan Peoples Party leaders surrounded Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan during his speech over his ’10 percent’ comment. The Opposition tore the copies of agenda. Session of the National Assembly has been adjourned to meet again on Thursday. Hammad Azhar tried to move opposition members … Read more
Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh says country’s foreign exchange reserves saw a massive fall due to wrong economic policies of the Pakistan Muslim League N. He was addressing national assembly on Wednesday. Hafeez Sheikh says PML-N responsible for the bad economic condition of the country. PML-N government spent rs.23,00 billion more … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Postal Services and Communication, Murad Saeed addressed to the National Assembly on Tuesday, bashes on PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The opposition lawmakers and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday engaged in a heated debate over ever-rising inflation that touched 14.6 per cent earlier this month. According to the details, Many … Read more
The National Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for hanging of the child abuse convicts publicly with a majority vote amid opposition from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Ali Muhammad Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, tabled resolution in the lower house. He said that the Prime Minister Imran … Read more
Federal minister for communication Murad Saeed said that Kashmir issue is not for a year. While speaking to people at a gathering in Islamabad, Murad Saeed said that more than one lac Muslims have been martyred in Kashmir. Several children became orphans. He also criticized Modi that the Kashmir issue was highlighted globally after 5th … Read more
Few parliament members draft a bill in the Senate Secretariat to increase the salaries of the Senate chairman, the deputy chairman, the National Assembly Speaker and the Deputy Speaker by 400 percent. Parliament members draft the bill in which they proposed to increase the salary of National Assembly Members by 100 percent. They also proposed … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League (N) Leader Rana Sanaullah while addressing the national assembly session on Friday has demanded fair trial. He said being a Pakistani citizen, its my right to demand a fair trial. the PML-N leader told on January 1, he’s traveling to participate in the party meeting when he stopped and arrested. The investigation … Read more
The National Assembly on Friday approved the Zainab Alert Response and Recovery Act 2019 Through which minimum life imprisonment for offenses against children will be 10 years while 14 years maximum. Helpline 1099 will set up. According to the bill, Zainab Alert Response and Recovery will be set up for the emergency reporting of child … Read more
The Senate will take up the issue of three bills pertaining to the tenure of the three services chiefs today. After the National Assembly and the Senate Standing Committee on Defence gave the go ahead to the three bills. The bills are Pakistan Army (Amendment) bill, 2020, Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) bill, 2020 and Pakistan … Read more
The Lower House of the Parliament National Assembly has passed amendment bill in Pakistan Army Act 1952 providing a legal cover to the tenure of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qajar Bajwa as earlier directed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The house also passed bill regarding amendments to Pakistan Air Force Act 1953 … Read more
Army Act Amendment Bill presented in the National Assembly (NA) for approval today. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have expressed their support to the amendment bill. They have assured to assist the government in approving it in the assembly. Defence Minister Pervez Khattak laid three bills in the lower house of … Read more
A parliamentary delegation of Pakistan led by Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser held a meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh on Tuesday. According to the details, peaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser met with the Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh. Speaker National Assembly apprised the King about the prevailing … Read more
Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved grant of six billion rupees subsidy for Utility Stores Corporation (USC) of Pakistan for procurement of essential commodities, including flour, sugar, ghee,oil, pulses and rice. The ECC, which met in Islamabad on Monday with Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the chair, approved the … Read more
Government employees are likely to be barred from using WhatsApp in Pakistan. Ali Khan Jadoon chaired an important meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology. During the meeting, the National Information Technology Board officials briefed that WhatsApp-style service will be introduced for the government employees, after which the government employees will not … Read more
Khawaja Asif, member of the National Assembly (NA), has announced to withdraw his motion of vote of no-confidence against Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri. Addressing the (NA) session, Khawaja Asif said that the government would withdraw all ordinances and the committee will review these ordinances. We had brought the motion against the Deputy Speaker, but now … Read more
Maryam Aurangzeb said that a medical board meeting was held to review the health of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. She said that the doctors expressed concern over the condition of Nawaz Sharif’s deteriorated health. According to details, spokesperson Muslim League-N Maryam Aurangzeb has said that due to the high dose of the medicine, Nawaz … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif Thursday said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif shall return to Pakistan if he goes abroad for medical treatment. The PML-N leader addressed the National Assembly and maintained that Nawaz Sharif is fighting for his life at the moment and he should not be put at stake. “The government … Read more
Defense Minister Pervaiz Khattak on Friday said pointing the opposition parties that whole of Pakistan is listening us, and I want you to listen as well that your real face should be shown to everyone, that what you are doing with Pakistan. He told the opposition that how will the assembly talk when you do … Read more
The results from 102 polling stations out of a total of 158, the PPP’s Syed Saleh Shah led by securing 42,254 votes. The PTI’s Imdad Ali Khan Laghari got 25,555 votes. The seat had fallen vacant after the death of PPP MPA Ghulam Shah Jillani a few months ago. In order to deal with any … Read more
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amendment Ordinance were tabled to the National Assembly by the government, which has been passed by the lower house. According to the details, the session was chaired by Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri, in which the government managed to approve the ordinance despite opposition protest. Total of 11 bills … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan lashed out at a lawmaker from his party during a meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s parliamentary members on Monday. PTI lawmaker Noor Alam Khan, from Peshawar, had raised the issue of inflation and criticized the incumbent government on the Assembly floor earlier, which did not go down well with the premier. … Read more
Minister for Communication Murad Saeed on Tuesday has said that funds reserved for development projects in Karachi were used in money laundering. Speaking in National Assembly (NA), the minister regretted the recent statements made by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and said that politics of those … Read more
President Arif Alvi on Thursday said that the International community has condemned Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir and supported Pakistan’s stance that Kashmir is not the internal matter of India. “Indian violated the resolutions of the United Nation (UN) and Simla agreement by scrapping Article 370,” said President Arif Alvi while addressing a joint session … Read more
