ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday passed six bills, including one seeking an increase in the number of Supreme Court judges and another related to the extension of the terms of armed services chiefs, amid deafening protest by the opposition. A few hours later, the Senate also passed the amendment bills. If President Asif Ali Zardari signs off on them, …
ISLAMABAD: After several delays, the Senate commenced voting on the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill, also known as the Constitutional Package, and eventially passed it on Sunday. The legislation proposes a series of amendments, including an extension of the Chief Justice’s term. The bill, which had been previously approved by the federal cabinet with the consensus of coalition partners, was presented …
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Ishaq Dar, and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari have held a meeting to discuss the current political situation and the proposed constitutional amendments. The meeting took place in Bilawal’s chamber at the Parliament House, where Law Minister Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar also joined the discussions. Sources revealed that Dar and …
ISLAMABAD: The raid by plainclothesmen inside the National Assembly to arrest PTI members united the government and opposition lawmakers in the upper house on Thursday as they sought action against those responsible for disrespecting the House. In a resolution that was approved with bipartisan support, lawmakers called for changing the rules to “protect the dignity of parliament” and demanded punishment …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declined to share the requisite information on election expenses and other financial matters to a Senate panel, pointing out that being an independent body, it was out of the standing committee’s purview under the constitution. The agenda set for Senate’s standing committee on parliamentary affairs for its Tuesday meeting included a comprehensive …
ISLAMABAD: The Senate has passed the Election Act Amendment Bill 2024 by a majority vote, following its approval in the National Assembly. The government benches in the Senate had 30 members present during the vote. The opposition, with 15 members in attendance, did not propose any amendments to the bill, said Senator Farooq H. Naek. “Once the bill is passed, …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and former prime minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif on Saturday underscored the need of national unity in addressing the multifaceted challenges facing Pakistan. He was talking to Senator Irfan Siddiqui, parliamentary party leader in the Senate. Nawaz Sharif expressed grave concern over elements working to destabilise the country and tarnish its image. He argued that …
MALAKAND: Former senator Hidayatullah Khan was killed, along with three others, on Wednesday in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur, officials said. Malakand Regional Police Officer Muhammad Ali Khan Gandapur confirmed the deaths, saying that the former senator’s car was targeted in an IED attack in Bajaur’s Damadola area. He added that no one …
ISLAMABAD: Even before the start of discussion on the budget proposals for the next financial year in the Senate, the PTI lodged its protest in the house on Wednesday against what it called the anti-people budget and proposed additional taxes to add to people’s misery. Soon after a copy of the Finance Bill was laid in the house, Leader of the Opposition Syed Shibli …
ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition traded barbs on Tuesday in the Senate over distribution of standing committees, with the opposition threatening to boycott the committees and the government insisting that the committees would function even without the opposition. As the house met here hours after election of Senators Saleem Mandviwala and Quratulain Marri, both from the PPP, as chairpersons of …