Tag: Parliament
Tanzeela takes oath as NA member
The newly elected member of Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML- Q) Tanzeela Aameer Cheema on Thursday took oath as member of the National...
Impeachment of Iran foreign minister scrapped
Iran's parliament on Wednesday scrapped plans to impeach Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi after he dismissed a controversial deputy who is close to the...
Budget debate continues in NA
The National Assembly on Tuesday resumed general discussion on the federal budget for the next fiscal year.
Taking part in the debate Belum Hasnain said...
EU Parliament links India FTA with Kashmir dispute
In a significant development, the European Parliament (EP) has linked signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India to the Kashmir dispute. A...
Journalists boycott parliament sessions
Journalists on Friday staged a token walkout from the press galleries of the both houses of the parliament to protest against threats being given...
Parliamentarians decry ‘terrorists in uniform’
The cold-blooded murder of a young man by Rangers in Karachi on Wednesday drew severe condemnation on moral as well as legal grounds from...
Budget met with mixed reaction in parliament
Legislators from both Houses of parliament expressed mixed reactions towards the federal budget for fiscal year 2011-12 on Thursday, with most of them pitching...
PM summons Cabinet’s special meeting in Quetta
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has summoned an all-important special meeting of the Federal Cabinet after the budget session in Quetta to review...
Budget debate continues in NA
Riaz Fatyana while participating in the debate on budget in National Assembly welcomed reduction in the GST rate and suggested the government to reorganize...
PML-N would pass defence budget via parliament: Nawaz
Demanding transparency in every sector and institution in the country, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that if it were...
MPs warned over guests’ entry in Parliament without approval
National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza, taking strict notice over entry of guests by Members Parliamentarians in the Parliament house without approval, has directed...
Parliament, pandemonium, PML-N
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) finally assumed on Friday the role of a “real opposition”, launching for the first time a fully-loaded attack on...
Fehmida summons meeting on Friday
National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has summoned an all-important emergency meeting of security institutions on Friday as terrorism looms over the Parliament House...
Iran parliament: Ahmadinejad ministry move illegal
Iran’s parliament said on Wednesday President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acted illegally by declaring himself caretaker oil minister and referred the case to the judiciary, increasing...
Nisar wants open joint session of parliament
Calling for accountability of some individuals in order to save the institutions and expressing serious concerns over the terrorist attack on Mehran naval aviation...
Awan asks Nawaz to end parliament’s ‘boycott’
Lambasting the political tactics of Sharif brothers, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former law minister Dr Babar Awan Sunday said Nawaz and Shahbaz...
ECP for increasing reserved seats for women in parliament
Retracting the proposal submitted in 2009 which suggested an addition of one more reserved seat for women in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), the Election...
