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Senate committee to send ‘Prevention of Witchcraft’ Bill to Senate: report
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Select Committee has decided to send the Prevention of Witchcraft Bill 2017 to the upper house, reported by a local English...
Rabbani bars tabling of CDA amendment ordinance in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Wednesday did not allow tabling of the Capital Development Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018, as the ordinance had...
NA passes bill to impose stricter punishment on sex offenders
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the ‘The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2017’ which targets at increasing punishment for serious offences like sexual abuse...
Bermuda accepts bill reversing same-sex marriage rights
HAMILTON: Bermuda’s governor on Wednesday approved a bill reversing the right of gay couples to marry in the British overseas territory, despite a Supreme...
New bill suggests increasing penalty for animal cruelty: report
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday passed a bill titled “The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Bill, 2018”, suggesting a...
Bill introduced in US House to end non-defence aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON: A bill on Monday was introduced in the US House of Representatives to end non-defence aid to Pakistan as it “provides military aid...
NA body approves Institute for Art and Culture Bill, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training discussed and unanimously approved ‘The Institute for Art and Culture Bill, 2018’.
The...
CII to review bill for public hanging: report
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is to review the bill, ‘Criminal Law Amendment Act 2018’ seeking an amendment in the Pakistan Penal...
US govt shuts down after lawmakers block spending bill
WASHINGTON: The US government officially shut down on Saturday, the first anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration, after lawmakers failed to agree on a...
US President signs NSA’s new internet surveillance program bill
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he signed into law a bill renewing the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, sealing...
US Senate passes bill to renew internet surveillance programme
WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance programme for six years with minimal...
British MPs to vote on leading Brexit bill
LONDON: British MPs will vote Wednesday on a key Brexit bill whose turbulent passage through parliament has dealt damaging defeats to Prime Minister Theresa...
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind rejects Triple Talaq Bill
NEW DELHI: Muslim body Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Thursday rejected the Triple Talaq Bill, calling it “meaningless”. It also questioned the government’s intention on...
Bill Clinton, EU call for release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar
WASHINGTON: Former US President Bill Clinton and the European Union’s envoy to Myanmar on Monday called for the immediate release of two Reuters journalists...
US Congress approves short-term budget to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON: The Republican-controlled US Congress on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill to keep the federal government running for four more weeks, averting a...
Senate body shelves bill amending oath of non-Muslim lawmakers
A PTI sponsored bill, proposing a change in an oath taken by non-Muslim members of parliament upon being sworn, was shelved on Monday by...
KP govt passes bill on teachers’ transfer policy
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the KP Employees of the Elementary and Secondary Education Department (Appointment and Regularisation of...
