Tag: national assembly

Rs 22.9b spent on roads in three years

The National Assembly on Thursday was informed that National Highway Authority (NHA) had spent an amount of Rs. 22.9 b on maintenance of roads...

Aitzaz says speaker can disqualify Gilani

Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan on Sunday reiterated his stance that only the speaker of National Assembly could declare the prime minister as disqualified from his...

City govt launches cleanliness campaign

On the direction of the opposition leader in the National assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the city district government has launched cleanliness campaign to...

MNA attacks hospital with armed men, injures fourq

Former Minister of State and member of the National Assembly (MNA) Abdul Qayyum Jatoi raided a government hospital along with a group of armed...

PML-N moves adjournment motion in NA on Karachi situation

Four members of PML-N have moved an adjournment motion in the National Assembly for a debate over the deteriorating situation in Karachi. MNAs Malik Shakir...

Int’l conference on mental health concludes

Where billions of rupees are being spent on post-distress management, if some portion is spent on psychological counseling, the results will be different. Pakistan Psychology...

Parliament set to reappraise Pakistan-US ties

On March 20, the parliament is scheduled to begin a debate on the long-awaited review of future relationship with the United States. The National...

MQM walks out from NA over targeted killings

Staging a walkout from the National Assembly (NA) against rising incidents of extortion and target killings in Karachi, the Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) coalition...

Women legislators perform impressively in NA last year

As the 13th National Assembly is completing its fourth parliamentary year on Friday (tomorrow), women legislators continued to perform impressively, asserting themselves in their...

Speaker accepts resignation of Nuzhat Sadiq

Speaker National Assembly Dr Fahmida Mirza has accepted the resignation of MNA Nuzhat Sadiq. Nuzhat was elected MNA from Punjab Province on the ticket...

President summons NA session on March 12

The President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan has summoned the session of the National Assembly on March 12at 5:00 p.m. in the Parliament...

NA speaker devising policies to ensure women rights

Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza has said that denial of equal opportunities and gender inequality was the biggest obstacle to the progress of...

NA body recommends raising security deposit for election candidates

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday discussed amendments in the electoral laws and considered raising the deposits...

NA body directs permanent appointments on 63 key posts of OGDCL...

National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum on Tuesday recommended permanent appointments on 63 top management posts of the state owned Oil and Gas Development...

NA body rejects bill on dual nationality

The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Law and Justice refused on Tuesday the bill on lawmakers' dual nationality. The bill (Pakistan Citizenship Amendment Bill 2011)...

MQM to protest in NA over missing persons

Supporting the cause of missing persons, the Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Saturday announced to stage a walk out of the coming session of the...

Senate meets today to consider 20th Amend bill

The 100-member Senate is meeting today (Friday) to consider and pass by at least two-thirds majority the 20th Amendment Bill, which was unanimously passed...