Tag: Parliament

Now parliament is in the driving seat: president

Recounting the achievements of the government, President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday showered praise on the embattled Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, lauding his...

Zardari makes historic 5th address to parliament today

President Asif Ali Zardari will make history today (Saturday) by addressing the parliament for the fifth time – a rare achievement by a civilian...

President’s address scheduled for Saturday

The schedule of the President’s address to the joint session of the Parliament has been changed which will now be commenced on Saturday at...

President to address joint session of Parliament today

President Asif Ali Zardari will address the joint sitting of Parliament for the fifth time on Saturday at the start of the new Parliamentary...

Military agrees to resume cooperation with US after parliament’s nod

The top brass of the country’s armed forces on Thursday approved a plan to resume cooperation with the United States in counter-terrorism war under...

Parliament to decide on NATO supplies: Mukhtar

Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said that any decision regarding restoration of NATO supply routes would be taken by parliament. Addressing a joint...

Parliament to decide, executive will follow

The top civilian and military leadership on Wednesday reviewed Pakistan’s relations with the United States (US) and decided to abide by the decisions of...

Bring him back

...if he doesn’t come back on his own Ah, that other letter that the government wasn’t writing to a foreign body. The one to Interpol,...

US looking forward to parliament’s decision: Hogland

The US Charge d'Affaires, Richards Hogland has said that the resolution about Balochistan would not be adopted by the Congress. He said this while...

‘Joint session on US policy review after Senate polls’

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that joint session of the parliament to finalise the new strategy on Pak-US relations and to...

US ready to get back to business with Pakistan, Clinton tells...

The United States is “ready to get back to business” with Pakistan after a diplomatic row following a cross-border NATO attack on Pakistani troops,...

Lok Sabha Speaker to visit Pakistan

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha Meira Kumar will create history by becoming the first Indian Speaker to lead a parliamentary delegation to Pakistan...

Action, not hype

Doing something would be the best response The resolution moved in the US House of Representatives underlining the atrocities in Balochistan and seeking the right...

Forward march!

Elections in India At noon on March 6, or perhaps an hour earlier, a great impasse will begin in parliament. This is not an astrologer’s...

Australian parliament erupts on Maldives ‘coup’ question

Australia’s parliament erupted in laughter on Tuesday when discussing a “coup” in the Maldives, as the opposition attempted to compare the situation to how...

Nip the evil in the bud

Who mandated defence to DPC? Ideas, even when perceived to be highly disruptive, pose no threat to democracy unless their holders start threatening to impose...

Parliament to decide on Pakistan-US ties: Kayani

Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Monday that any decision on Pak-US relations would be made by the...