Tag: Parliament
Rough ride for anti-corruption bill in Indian parliament
The Indian government submitted two key bills to parliament Thursday, including anti-corruption legislation that risks triggering a repeat of mass protests that rocked the...
‘Performance of parliament evaluated at 44% by MPs’
Performance of the parliament of Pakistan was evaluated at 44 percent in an evaluation by parliamentarians and others, the Pakistan Institute Legislative Development and...
The Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary
As always, a debate is going on these days as to how to maintain a balanced working relationship between the three branches of government...
Democracy or mobocracy?
A hostage parliament benefits none
In a civilised country, parliament is the agreed forum to formulate national policies through deliberation and consensus. Any attempt to...
Senate treasury joins Opp to slam ministers’ absence
A call for ‘long march’ from the Parliament House to the Prime Minister’s House echoed in the Senate on Saturday as Awami National Party...
Thrown into a tailspin
Why make a bad situation worse?
Either he kept contradicting himself or his claims were being constantly refuted. Mansoor Ijaz must have been happy to...
Targeting Zardari means targeting parliament, says Gilani
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that the memo case was a conspiracy against parliament because parliament consisted of the president, Senate...
Parliament to formulate national policies: PM
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that all the policy decisions would be taken by the Parliament because it was accountable...
Top Putin ally quits as Russia parliament speaker
A leading ally of Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was quitting his post as Russian parliament speaker, after polls that saw the ruling...
EU parliament celebrates Arab Spring with Sakharov prize
The European Parliament honoured five Arab Spring activists with its Sakharov human rights prize Wednesday, including the Tunisian who sparked region-wide uprisings by setting...
Coping with the hype
On Pak-US relations
While the proposals formulated at the ambassadors’ conference have yet to be taken to the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and then...
Canning democracy
It’s the peoples’ system and the people shall fix it
Who says Pakistan’s political leadership wants democracy? Review the last week and give me a...
Naked Veena, burning Raja
What got our attention and what didn’t
Unfortunately for most of us in Pakistan, our ideals of heroes have changed drastically. When a country of...
Ill Zardari not likely to address parliament
President Asif Ali Zardari will not address the joint session of parliament in the near future because of ill-health, as he is currently being...
President decides to address joint session of Parliament
PPP Co Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari and supreme commander of the armed forces have decided to address joint session of the Parliament after...
Parliament will decide ties with US: Zardari
In the midst of a unanimous national mood against the NATO attack on the Salala checkpost, President Asif Ali Zardari gave a cold shoulder...
Iran parliament votes to reduce ties with Britain
Iran’s parliament voted on Sunday to reduce diplomatic relations with Britain, with one lawmaker warning that Iranians angered by London’s latest sanctions could storm...
