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PTI leader Sania Nishtar resigns as Senator

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sania Nishtar has resigned from the Senate seat.

Sources say that Sania Nishtar’s resignation has been received by the Senate Secretariat, but the reasons for Sania Nishtar’s resignation from the Senate are yet to be known.

It should be remembered that Sania Nishtar was elected as a member of the Senate on a PTI ticket in 2021.

Sania Nishtar has also been Special Assistant for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety to the Prime Minister of Pakistan during the PTI regime.

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Faisal Vawda refuses to say sorry over his anti-judiciary statement

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Faisal Vawda

ISLAMABAD: Former Federal Minister Senator Faisal Vawda refused to seek an unconditional apology from the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case.

Faisal Vawda submitted a 16-page reply to the contempt notice in the Supreme Court.

In his reply, Faisal Vawda said that the purpose of his press conference was not to insult the judiciary but to improve the country.

The former minister also submitted the transcripts of the speeches of Rauf Hassan, Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, and Shehbaz Sharif in the court.

In response, Faisal Vawda further said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Rauf Hassan called the respected judge a tout and threatened the judiciary and judges while Maulana Fazal ur Rehman also threatened the judges in his speech in front of the Supreme Court. He further stated that Shahbaz Sharif called the judges black sheep.

In his reply, he has pleaded that the court should show restraint in proceeding with the contempt of court proceedings and withdraw the notice.

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Senator Faisal Saleem elected as member of IMF, WB

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ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the country’s history, Pakistani parliamentarians have been elected as members of the International Monetary Fund(IMF) and World Bank Board.

Senator Faisal Saleem Rehman was elected as a member of the Parliamentary Board of the IMF and the World Bank.

140 countries around the world are members of the Parliamentary Network on the IMF and the World Bank.

The Parliamentary Network formulates recommendations for reforms related to poverty alleviation and economic stability.

Senator Faisal Saleem from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa became a member of the upper house in March 2021 and his term ends in March 2027.

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Senator Mushahid Hussain demands amnesty for political prisoners

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed demanded general amnesty to Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf(PTI) founder Imran Khan and other political prisoners.

Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed while speaking in the session chaired by Acting Chairman Senate Mirza Afridi said that PTI founder should be released, he is a political prisoner, amnesty should be given to him.

PML-N Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed also said that PTI has the right to get reserved seats.

Mushahid Hussain Syed said that the relations of political people with institutions should be improved.

On the other hand, on the request of PTI, Acting Chairman Senate Mirza Afridi directed to issue the production order of Senator Ejaz Chaudhry to exercise the right to vote in the presidential election.

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ECP notifies PPP’s Nisar Khuhro as Senator 

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Nisar Khuhro

ECP has notified Nisar Khuhro as Senator He emerged victorious on a general seat in Sindh The seat fell vacant after resignation of Faisal Vawda ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Nisar Ahmed Khuhro as a senator. The electoral body issued a notified the success of Nisar … Read more

IHC grants bail to Azam Swati in controversial tweets case

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IHC Azam Swati bail

IHC reserves decision on bail plea of Azam Swati Chief Justice Aamer Farooq conducted the hearing Verdict will be announced today at 1 pm ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday granted bail to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati in the controversial tweet case. A hearing was held in the Islamabad High … Read more

ACE Punjab arrests PML-N Senator’s son

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PML-N Senator

LAHORE: Punjab Anti-corruption Establishment (ACE) team arrested the son of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator  Hafiz Abdul Kareem over land grabbing charges. A team of the anti-graft watchdog took Osama Abdul Karim in custody from Dera Ghazi Khan. The PML-N senator’s son is accused of building a shopping plaza by occupying the land of a … Read more

ECP reserves verdict on Ishaq Dar’s disqualification

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ishaq dar

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reserved verdict on a petition seeking the disqualification of former finance minister and PML-N leader Ishaq Dar as Senator. A four-member bench headed by ECP member Nisar Durrani heard the case. The petitioner Azhar Siddique’s assistant counsel Mahfouz Bukhari appeared before the election commission. The petitioner’s lawyer said … Read more

Masood Khan discusses defence cooperation with US Senator

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WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, held a meeting with Senator Jack Reed, chairman of the influential US Senate Armed Services Committee. The meeting took place at the Senate Hart Building during which the ambassador expressed Pakistan’s interest in strengthening existing security bonds between the two countries. Senator Reed assured the ambassador … Read more

Raza Rabbani demands joint session of parliament on TTP talks

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday raised the issue of the state’s negotiations with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and demanded clarity from the government. The senators expressed immense displeasure over the recent session of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security convened at the PM”s Office where lawmakers were briefed on the peace talks. PPP Senator … Read more

Retired longtime US senator Orrin Hatch dies at age 88

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Orrin Hatch

Former US senator Orrin Hatch, who retired in 2019 and is one of the longest-serving senators in US records, died on Saturday at age 88, his basis announced. The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation wrote on its website that he “passed away at five:30 p.M. On Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded … Read more

Orrin Hatch, longest-serving Republican senator in US, dies aged 88

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Orrin Hatch

Orrin Hatch, Utah’s long-serving Republican senator, died Saturday in Salt Lake City at the age of 88, according to the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation. Hatch, who retired in January 2019 at the conclusion of his final term, served in the Senate for 42 years, making him the Republican senator with the longest tenure. According to … Read more

Greens senator Sarah-Hanson Young, marries Ben Oquist

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Sarah-Hanson Young

Sarah-Hanson Young, a Greens senator, took a break from campaigning to marry her partner Ben Oquist on Saturday.   The South Australian MP and her beau, who is the executive director of the left-leaning think tank The Australia Institute, married at Lobethal Road Wines in the Adelaide Hills in front of 80 friends and relatives. … Read more

Senator Sherry Rehman slams govt for electricity hike, SBP, and rampant inflation

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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman, slammed the incumbent government on its policies and inflation. Speaking on the presidential system, she said, “It was Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto who signed the historical Charter of Democracy after finding consensus with Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), the party that was … Read more

Some advice, a little praise & criticism

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praise & criticism

In 2022, a lot hangs in the balance for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Government following the completion of its almost three-and-half- years in power. The recent Khyber Pakhtunkhwa local bodies’ election upset, the rising economic insecurity for the masses, the instability in the region due to the precarious situation in Afghanistan and tensions with neighbouring … Read more

ADB’s inflation forecast for Pakistan a wake-up call for govt: Sherry Rehman

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ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the Senate and party’s vice-president, Senator Sherry Rehman, said the forecast of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) about upcoming wave of higher inflation in Pakistan must be a wake-up call for the government. Expressing concerns on the forecast, she said the incumbent government has pushed the … Read more

EVM to be Presented in National Assembly Tomorrow

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Legislation on EVM challenged in Islamabad High Court

AN Electronic Voting machine (EVM) will be presented in the National Assembly (NA) prior to the session on Monday. Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz has invited the NA members to observe the operations of EVM and provide their valuable remarks about it. In a statement issued on Saturday, Senator Faraz said that … Read more

Senator Siraj-ul-Haq mother passed away in Peshawar

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siraj ul haq

Amer jamat e islami senator Siraj-ul-Haq mother passed away today  She was ill from past few months and she was admitted in Peshawar’s hospital Siraj ul Haq was born in Samarbagh village of the Lower Dir District into a Pushtoon family. He got his early education from the local high school of the region and studied Political Science in the University of … Read more

Bomb attack on rally in Karachi is a cowardly act: Siraj ul Haq

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Bomb attack on rally in Karachi is a cowardly act: Siraj ul Haq

Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Siraj ul Haq has said that the bomb attack on Jamaat-e-Islami’s Solidarity Kashmir Rally in Karachi is a cowardly act. According to details, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Siraj ul Haq while condemning the bomb attack on a rally in Karachi said that there are still Indian agents in the city. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”cracker-attack-on-jamaat-e-islamis-kashmir-rally-in-karachi”] … Read more

Asif Zardari is a mastermind political leader: Maula Bakhsh Chandio

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Asif Zardari is a mastermind political leader: Maula Bakhsh Chandio

PPP Information Secretary Senator Maula Bakhsh Chandio has said that Asif Ali Zardari is a mastermind political leader of Pakistan. According to details, Information Secretary PPP Senator Maula Bakhsh Chandio while congratulating former President Asif Ali Zardari on his birthday said that he congratulated the former president on his birthday. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”islamabad-ac-to-indict-asif-zardari-in-corruption-case-on-august-4″] PPP Information … Read more

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