Tag: Committees

LHC judges appointed amid parliamentary silence

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...

Disappointed cabinet vows to mend Anti-Corruption Establishment

--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...

Shafqat seeks detailed report on important state buildings within two weeks

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...

Chairmanship of 20 key Senate committees to go to opposition: report

ISLAMABAD: A competition between political parties is underway at the moment, over the chairmanship of key committees in the Senate, reports a local media...

Committees to address child abuse issues to be formed

LAHORE: Participants of a consultative meeting held at the Wafaqi Mohtasib Regional Secretariat, Friday agreed on various recommendations to facilitate the provision of psychosocial...

Sindh forms three committees to implement NAP

The Sindh government Friday formed three special committees in the province to implement 14 identified points under National Action Plan (NAP) in an effective...

Govt, PTI committees resume talks today

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...

United we fail, divided we fall

Govt committee stands divided over talks with Taliban as Maj Amir wants committee dissolved while Irfan Siddiqui insists that committee still has a role...

Private sector has PCCC’s power

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...

Pakistani govt has power to spend more than the allocated budget

In a bid to promote the targeted study and scrutiny of the departmental budget by the standing committees, PILDAT held special briefings on Tuesday...

PILDAT launches directory of parliamentary committees

Speaking at the launching ceremony of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and transparency (PILDAT) directory of parliamentary committees and relevant civil society and research...

‘Price control committees should monitor Ramadan bazaars’

Administration and Price Control Committees should monitor 25 Ramadan Bazaars set up in Lahore. District Monitoring Committees should enhance the importance of these Bazaars...

SCBA forms six committees

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...

Where are funds for school management committees ending up?

The funds for the school management committees should be disbursed in a transparent manner, Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq told district officers on...

JUP committees to conduct intra-party elections

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.

Standing committees eat away at taxpayers’ money

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,

‘Peace committees’ another unfulfilled promise by Sindh government

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