Tag: Punjab assembly
Elahi’s victory adds insult to PML-N’s injury
PTI supported Pervaiz Elahi bags 201 votes as 15 PML-N MPAs secretly vote against party’s nominee Iqbal Gujjar, fueling speculation of a forward bloc...
PML-N lawmaker barred from taking Nawaz’s portrait into PA
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA-elect Zaibunnisa on Wednesday was barred from bringing a portrait of party supremo Nawaz Sharif into the Punjab Assembly.
As per...
Newly elected MPAs take oath in Punjab Assembly
Chaudhry Nisar was not present during ceremony
Election for speaker, deputy speaker to take place on August 16
LAHORE: The newly elected MPAs took the...
New faces will dominate 17th house of PA
LAHORE: New faces will dominate the 17th house of the Punjab Assembly (PA) as elected members take oath on Wednesday.
Out of the 297-member general assembly,...
Punjab MPAs-elect to take oath on Wednesday
--Speaker and deputy speaker will be elected on Aug 16, while election for CM will be held on Aug 17
--PML-N nominates Hamza Shehbaz for...
PTI nominates Dost Mazari for PA deputy speaker’s slot
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday nominated Dost Mazari for the slot of deputy speaker in the Punjab Assembly.
Mazari had won the...
Newly elected Punjab assembly’s session summoned on Aug 15
LAHORE: The session of Punjab Assembly has been summoned on August 15 after the summary pertaining to the matter received approval.
Newly elected Members of...
Pervez Elahi name finalised for speakership of Punjab Assembly
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has finalised the name of Pakistan Muslin League-Quaid’s (PML-Q) President Pervaiz Elahi for the position of Punjab Assembly speaker.
According to...
PTI shuns fears of close contest claiming majority in NA, PA...
Says Imran Khan sought support in bringing laundered money back in meetings with ambassadors
Claims oath-taking to take place after August 11
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...
PML-N offered Punjab top slot against coalition: Pervaiz Elahi
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) senior leader and former deputy prime minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday stood by his claim that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),...
Punjab MPA sets record after being elected fourth time in a...
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA-elect Pir Kashif Ali Chishti has set a four-time record after he won a provincial assembly seat in Punjab.
During...
‘Game over for PML-N in Punjab’, PTI claims
Fawad Chaudhry says PTI has managed to secure support on 144 seats in Centre, 180 in Punjab, including reserved seats
PPP set to...
PTI, PML-N slug it out for majority in Punjab Assembly
LAHORE: With Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) all set to form its government in the centre with 119 seats of the National Assembly, both the Imran Khan-led...
End of a Bumpy Ride: PA to complete its five-year tenure
--Punjab Assembly passes 191 bills, 217 resolutions
--131 privilege motions, 2,064 adjournment motions admitted by the house
LAHORE: The august house of Punjab, which would complete its...
Ruckus in Punjab Assembly during last session
LAHORE: The tenure’s last session in Punjab Assembly witnessed ruckus and disputes between lawmakers of the opposing political parties during the concluding speeches.
Despite Punjab Assembly...
Govt fails to frame rules of business to regulate Hindu marriages
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly, which is about to complete its constitutional tenure on May 31, has failed to frame rules of business to regulate the marriages...
PAT seeks treason trial against Nawaz Sharif
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Monday moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking a treason trial against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif...