Tag: Provinces
Ruckus continues in Punjab Assembly over new provinces
Government and opposition leaders on Tuesday exchanged harsh words during the Punjab Assembly session over the issue of new provinces. During the session chaired...
Punjab Assembly session disrupted over new provinces issue
Government and opposition leaders exchanged harsh words during Tuesday’s session of the Punjab Assembly which was chaired by Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal.
Pakistan People’s Party...
New provinces commission to elect ‘interim chairman’ today
The commission on new provinces in Punjab would meet today (Monday) to elect its “interim chairman”, as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz members have planned...
Nisar opposes composition of NA commission on provinces
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed reservations over the formation of a commission by the National...
NA speaker forms incomplete commission for new provinces
After a two-and-a-half-month delay, National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mira on Thursday constituted an incomplete commission for the creation of new provinces in Punjab....
NA Speaker constitutes commission for creation of new provinces
A 14-member commission was formed for the creation of new provinces in Punjab on Thursday.
The National Assembly Speaker Fahmida Mirza constituted the commission in...
Senate chairman suggests names for commission on new provinces
Senate Chairman Nayyar Hussain Bukhari has proposed six names for the commission to be formed for the creation of new provinces in Punjab. According...
President for early constitution of commission on new provinces
President Asif Ali Zardari Friday said that he looked forward to early constitution of the commission that would look into the issues of the...
Turkey warns it would strike PKK fighters inside Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Syria of letting Turkey's Kurdish rebels operate inside the north of the country and warned that Ankara...
‘Govt to create new provinces at any cost’
Seraiki province convener MPA Nazim Hussain Shah said on Friday the Pakistan People’s Party-led government will create new provinces at any cost.
Talking to a...
New provinces should be formed on administrative basis: Afaq
Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) chairman Afaq Ahmad said on Wednesday that the new provinces should be formed on administrative basis.
Addressing a press conference here...
Nobody interested in new provinces: Munawar Hasan
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan said on Friday that nobody was interested in the creation of new provinces and that the resolutions passed in...
PML-N submits resolution for 4 new provinces
After Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and its coalition partners passed a resolution for the formation of a south Punjab province, Pakistan Muslim League –...
PPP, PML-Q mull bringing 21st amendment for new provinces
The Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid are contemplating bringing 21st amendment in the constitution aimed at changing the method of carving out...
39.1 million polio vaccine doses provided to provinces
The federal government has provided 39.1 million doses of polio vaccine to the provinces and deputy commissioners have been directed to lead the on-going...
‘We will help other provinces fight dengue’
Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, has said that Punjab has excellent resources, technical skill and experience to cope with dengue and any possible...
Sindh nationalist parties to observe strike on Jan 28 against MQM...
Nationalist parties of Sindh have termed the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) bill regarding formation of new provinces as a conspiracy to divide Sindh province.
It...
