Tag: Parliament

First meeting of the Parliamentary Commission formed to create new provinces has been summoned on August 28. Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmeeda Mirza had formed...

India's opposition vowed on Wednesday to block parliamentary proceedings until the prime minister resigned over a coal scandal, raising the prospect of more legislative...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said Friday that democracy is the best way to govern any country and a strong parliament will lead to...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday said parliament was the mother of all institutions as it had a mandate of 180 million people....

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has called upon state institutions and politicians to learn from the history and work for promoting reconciliation, adding that...

Pakistan Peoples’ Party, within sphere of constitution, would resist emergence of any new centre of legislative power other than the elected parliament. This was decided...

Senator Farhatullah Babar on Friday expressed concern over judges' remarks about the parliament. While addressing the Senate session on Friday, Senator Farhatullah Babar said that...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that judges have always strived for strengthening the Parliament. Heading the 5-member Bench while reviewing the identical petitions...

The Supreme Court on Thursday resumed the hearing of petitions against the recently passed contempt of court law. A five-judge bench of the apex court,...

New Zealand lawmakers will hold a vote on allowing gay marriage after a proposal to change the law was listed on parliament's agenda Thursday. The...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry on Monday said the court’s powers could not be curtailed with any step of the parliament...

The eldest son of former prime minister has been elected to parliament to replace his father, a month after he was dismissed by the...

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said since parliament was elected by sovereign people of Pakistan and it was the voice of the masses,...

Amir Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) Munawar Hassan has said that the resumption of the NATO supply line is disrespect of the Parliament and Difa-e-Pakistan Council...

The crisis escalates With every Pakistani, nay every stakeholder, asking where this is headed, it seems the inevitable next stage towards a formal declaration of...

Egypt’s parliament was hanging in legal limbo on Wednesday after a top court overruled a presidential decree reinstating the dissolved house, stepping up a...

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court froze on Tuesday a presidential decree reinstating the parliament, hours after the lower house convened in defiance of the judiciary...