Tag: 18th amendment

Govt could not adopt single bill despite four months in power:...

--Top judge says parliament passed 18th Amendment without debating it ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar remarked on Thursday that it had been...

PPP being punished for supporting 18th Amendment: Kaira

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira on Monday said that the party is being punished for its support of the 18th Amendment...

No threat to 18th Amendment: President Alvi

President Arif Alvi on Thursday denied that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was considering a repeal of the 18th Constitutional Amendment. The president was talking...

PPP to resist any attempt for rolling back 18th Amendment: Humayun...

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) President Humayun Khan has said that he, on behalf of his party, wants to make it clear that...

18th amendment was not passed to facilitate corruption mafia: Haleem Adil

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Sindh General Secretary and Parliamentary Leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh on Sunday said that the...

No threat to democracy, 18th Amendment: Fawad Ch

---Info minister says no compromise on accountability as PTI govt will take plunderers to task JHELUM: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain...

Reducing NFC award would be undemocratic, unconstitutional: Sindh CM

Expresses desire for assemblies to complete term, but says no objection to in-house change Claims that PPP has always been politically victimised Says...

Stop messing with 18th amendment, Murtaza Wahab warns fed govt

KARACHI: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Information, Law and Anticorruption Barrister Murtaza Wahab said Monday that 1973 constitution was restored to its original...

HRCP expresses concern over threats to 18th amendment

LAHORE: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed its grave concern at efforts to roll back the 18th constitutional amendment, evidenced by remarks made reportedly...

18th Amendment a major cause of water crisis in the country

ISLAMABAD: The 18th Amendment aggravated the water crisis in the country, according to a report by the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), a...

Senate concerned over efforts to repeal 18th Amendment

ISLAMABAD: Reports suggesting efforts to repeal the 18th Amendment, consequently all the painstaking work on devolution has raised serious concerns with a Senate panel on Monday. A...

Mayor decries poor budgetary funds for megacity

-Karachi fails to compete with Lahore because it has not been given its fair share in the budget KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar on Wednesday...

Cabinet Division writes to ministries seeking reallocation of depts: report

LAHORE: The Cabinet Division has written to federal ministries eight years after the passage of the 18th Amendment seeking to get proposals on the allocation of departments...

18th Amendment neither being changed nor rolled back, Senate told

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed on Friday categorically assured the Senate that neither 18th amendment was being rolled back nor any...

Marriyum assures film industry of ‘unprecedented package’

ISLAMABAD: Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage State Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb while addressing the International Film Festival (PiFF) in Karachi on Monday evening...

Bilawal rules out possibility of changes in 18th amendment

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Tuesday said that the party will not make any compromise on the 18th amendment and...

Reversing 18th Amendment disastrous for federation: Raza Rabbani

Usurping health, education sectors from provinces against Constitution   ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Wednesday said that any attempt aimed at rolling...