Tag: Legislation
SC gives federal, provincial govts four weeks to draft legislation on...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday granted four weeks to the federal and provincial governments to draft legislation in a case regarding underground water...
Senate body calls for legislation to resolve expats’ mobile registration issues
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications Chairperson Rubina Khalid on Wednesday stressed the need to formulate a policy through legislation for...
PA forms 20-member committee for effective legislation
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly Secretariat under the directives of Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi formed a twenty member steering committee for effective legislation.
The committee had...
Government urged to enact laws against forced conversions
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has been asked to enact immediate laws against the rising issue of forced conversions in the country.
Human Friends Organisation, a...
SHC orders Sindh to complete legislation on police rules within four...
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday rejected the Sindh government’s implementation report pertaining to the police rules and directed it to complete...
PA to pass ‘record public-interest legislation’, says CM
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Monday said that record public-interest legislation would be passed by the Punjab Assembly while parliamentarians belonging to...
New legislation against money laundering soon: Qureshi
MULTAN: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said that the government would soon make new anti-money laundering legislation to hold elements...
SC orders for legislation on ailing prisoners
LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ordered for legislation regarding ailing prisoners. The court also ordered all provincial governments for registration of such...
CJP orders speedy action on appeals in Tayyaba Torture Case
-Justice Nisar expresses disappointment over parliament's failure to legislate laws against child violence
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday directed the Islamabad High...
Free education still way off despite legislation: report
ISLAMABAD: Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan have spent five years without forming or developing any rules regarding free and compulsory education making the legislation...
Major laws passed by PML-N govt in its five-year term
As the current government complete its constitutional five-year tenure at midnight on Thursday, the country prepares to hold the general elections on July 25, 2018,...
Russian parliament gives interim nod to counter-sanctions legislation
MOSCOW: Russia's lower house of parliament approved on second reading a bill that would give the Russian government authority to ban trade in certain...
NA speaker hints at reforms in Senate elections’ procedure
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Monday hinted that the Parliament could take up reforms in the process of Senate elections soon after...
Maryland to regulate political ads on social media sites
BALTIMORE: Maryland has become the first state in the United States to pass a bill to regulate political advertisements on social media sites including...
Farhatullah Babar calls for protecting rights of Pakistani workers in CPEC...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Senator Farhatullah Babar, has said that there is a need for transparency in all the infrastructure projects under...
Speakers call for legislation to curb internal human trafficking
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar on human trafficking stressed the need for legislation on internal human trafficking in order to prevent the issues of exploitation...
Speaker calls for legislation for women’s welfare
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that the role of women in development is very important to achieve the goal of...
