LAHORE: Eight judges nominated to the Lahore High Court (LHC) by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) have been appointed without parliamentary oversight since parliamentary committees, including the Parliamentary Committee on Judicial Appointments,…
–Cabinet agrees over Nasir Khan Durrani’s name to lead commission for police reforms –Constitutes different committees to look after matters pertaining to health, energy LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and the provincial…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National History and Literary Heritage (NH&LH) Shafqat Mehmood on Monday constituted different committees for preparation of a detailed report on different state buildings in the main cities of the…
ISLAMABAD: A competition between political parties is underway at the moment, over the chairmanship of key committees in the Senate, reports a local media outlet. The report suggests that the ruling and opposition…
LAHORE: Participants of a consultative meeting held at the Wafaqi Mohtasib Regional Secretariat, Friday agreed on various recommendations to facilitate the provision of psychosocial and medical support to child abuse victims and…
The Sindh government Friday formed three special committees in the province to implement 14 identified points under National Action Plan (NAP) in an effective manner. Apart from an Apex Committee at the…
Jahangir Tareen says ending sit-in doesn’t mean PTI has given up Plan-C for good The government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) committees are expected to meet today (Friday) to resume the stalled negotiation…
Govt committee stands divided over talks with Taliban as Maj Amir wants committee dissolved while Irfan Siddiqui insists that committee still has a role to play Siddiqui wants inclusion of army, interior…
The recently re-constituted Pakistan Central Cotton Committee’s (PCCC) powers have been given to private sector which may manipulate cotton date according to its own interests, say sources. “The reconstituting of Pakistan Central…
In a bid to promote the targeted study and scrutiny of the departmental budget by the standing committees, PILDAT held special briefings on Tuesday for the standing committees on Education and Health…
Speaking at the launching ceremony of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and transparency (PILDAT) directory of parliamentary committees and relevant civil society and research organisations on Thursday, Balochistan Assembly Speaker Muhammad Aslam…
Administration and Price Control Committees should monitor 25 Ramadan Bazaars set up in Lahore. District Monitoring Committees should enhance the importance of these Bazaars by checking prices of the items, quality and…
Supreme Court Bar Association has constituted six committees nationwide to address matters relating to human rights, lawyers welfare, women’s harassment and bar associations etc. The Human Rights Committee will be chaired by…
The funds for the school management committees should be disbursed in a transparent manner, Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq told district officers on Saturday. He was presiding over a meeting of…
LAHORE – The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan’s (JUP) Central Shoora on Thursday formed committees to conduct intra-party elections for its central and provincial chapters. A five-member committee led by Abdul Khaliq will supervise the elections at the central level, which will be held on May 22 while in Punjab and other provinces, elections are scheduled to be held on May 8.
The Shoora meeting, which was chaired by JUP President Abul Khair Zubair, was held at the Jamia Rizvia, Gulberg.
ISLAMABAD – With the ministries devolved, the redundant standing committees of both the houses of the parliament (Senate and National Assembly) still exist and their chairpersons are enjoying perks and privileges as before at the expense of a cash-strapped economy.
The ministries of Health, Culture, Education, Tourism, Social Welfare and Special Education and Livestock were devolved to the provinces on March 31. As the National Assembly standing committees on health, culture,
KARACHI – Sindh government’s announcement of constituting ‘peace committees’ in all parts of Karachi at town and union council levels to thwart terror activities has apparently reduced to just another unfulfilled promise as the decision is pending implementation. The provincial government and the City District Government Karachi had decided constituting peace committees in October 2009 in a meeting that was chaired by Home Secretary Arif Khan.
The meeting was also attended by
