Tag: Parliament

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will return to the National Assembly and Senate on November 2, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told a private news...

English lawmakers will be given a veto in Britain's parliament over legislation that only impacts England, the government said on Thursday, removing the ability...

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena Friday ordered immediate dismissal of the parliament, a government spokesman said, clearing the way for a snap election 10...

Discussing 14th National Assembly (NA)'s performance for the second parliamentary year, speakers at a roundtable unanimously agreed over the centrality of the Parliament as the sole representative institution where all the national issues should be discussed and resolved.

President Mamnoon Hussain’s speech during the joint session of the Parliament on Thursday met criticism for falling short on “originality” and missing out on “important aspects” which the president should have highlighted.

Hearing petitions filed against 18th and 21st constitutional amendments on Wednesday, a 17-member Supreme Court bench, presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Nasirul Mulk, observed that the judiciary having no jurisdiction over the parliament’s decisions could be “dangerous”.

Hearing the petitions filed against 18th and 21st constitutional amendments on Thursday, a 17-member Supreme Court (SC) bench, presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Nasir ul Mulk, observed that Parliament could not withdraw or abolish the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution through any amendment.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday announced a protest demonstration outside the Parliament building in Islamabad on May 12, demanding payment of...

National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq warned bureaucrats, particularly federal secretaries, of suspension from service if they provide “inadequate and incomplete” answers to the Parliament during question hour.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will address a joint session of parliament on April 20. The Chinese leader will be accompanied by a 60-person entourage...

In wake of the prime minister's policy statement on Yemen crisis, politicians and analysts on Monday downplayed the possibility of immediate dispatch of Pakistani troops to Saudi Arabia.

Asif says his outburst against PTI lawmakers was not ‘planned’ Adamant that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf should not sit in Parliament, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has...

Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) senior central leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said Pakistan must send army for the defence of the Haramain Sharifain. “Saudi Arabia...

Though the government had convened the fourth joint session of the Parliament to evolve a unanimous strategy over the Middle Eastern crisis, its own lawmakers and members from the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) made their utmost efforts to turn the debate into an anti-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spat.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday said that he still believed that the Parliament is “fake” but now the PTI has returned to the assemblies with an empowered judicial commission.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Sunday announced that lawmakers of his party will join the Parliament after almost seven months of remaining absent from the assemblies.

The fourth joint sitting of the Parliament will be held today at 11am where top political leadership of the country will debate over the issue of sending Pakistan's armed forces to Saudi Arabia on Yemen crisis.