Tag: Punjab assembly

Sikh marriages to get legal status as PA likely to pass...

Minority MPA from opposition benches also assures support   LAHORE: The Sikh community of Punjab may receive good news as a bill to regularise the marriages...

MPA moves condemnation resolution over shoe, ink throwing incidents in PA

Lack of quorum in assembly leads to adjournment of proceedings without pre-budget discussion   LAHORE: A condemnation resolution on Monday was moved in the Punjab Assembly...

Social Welfare Department accepts failure to tackle beggars on roads

Social Welfare parliamentary secretary concedes saying 'department in slumber for past sixty years' PTI lawmaker demands tribute to women on International Women’s Day   LAHORE: The Social...

Opp protests exclusion of petroleum prices resolution from agenda

Legislators demand debate on MCAT, ECAT in PA   LAHORE: The opposition-led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday staged a protest in the Punjab Assembly as...

PTI submits adjournment motion against LGH neurosurgeon

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) on Monday submitted an adjournment motion in the Punjab Assembly against Dr Asif Bashir, who holds the post of a neurosurgeon at...

PML-N’s win in Senate polls thwarted opponents’ designs: MPAs

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) members of provincial assembly (MPAs) on Saturday said the party candidates’ victories in the Senate elections “thwarted all designs of...

Friends indeed: Sarwar’s personal contacts among PML-N secure him Senate seat

PPP candidate Shehzad Ali Khan’s tally raises eyebrows   LAHORE: Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Saturday became the first Senator of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Punjab while...

PML-N bags 11 Senate seats from Punjab

LAHORE: The candidates backed by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday grabbed 11 seats of the Senate from Punjab in the much-anticipated...

Visually impaired men create ruckus outside PA

Announce holding a long march towards Liberty Chowk   LAHORE: A group of at least 10 visually impaired men on Saturday allegedly punctured vehicles, broke their...

‘PML-N insulted assembly members’

LAHORE: Former deputy prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) leader Chauadhry Parvez Elahi on Saturday said that those speaking about the respect of vote...

Opposition stages walkout in PA against fuel price hike, NAB resolution

LAHORE: Opposition members on Friday staged a walkout in Punjab Assembly (PA) against the fuel price hike as well as a resolution passed against National Accountability...

PML-N-backed candidate effortlessly wins Senate seat from Punjab

Asad Ashraf clinches 298 votes as against 38 of PTI’s Zarqa Taimur Sana says ‘hidden’ forces defeated today PPP abstains from polling LAHORE: Pakistan...

Shehbaz says Imran only accuses, never responds to notices

--Punjab CM says PTI chief had falsely alleged that Faisal Subhan had confessed to corruption before a Chinese official delegation   LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif...

PML-N backed Dr Asad Ashraf wins by-poll for Nehal Hashmi’s Senate...

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) backed Dr Asad Ashraf on Thursday won the by-poll for Nehal Hashmi's Senate seat in Punjab Assembly with 298 votes. Pakistan...

Punjab govt pushes to reduce NAB’s powers

--Opposition remains absent during passage of anti-NAB resolution --Shahbaz, Imran chaired Punjab’s parliamentary party meetings to formulate strategy for Senate polls --PA passes Punjab Charities Bill   LAHORE:...

Minority MPA protests FIA’s torture on Sajid Masih, demands JIT to...

PTI MPA Shunila Ruth submits adjournment motion in Punjab Assembly over Pakistan Today’s story Treasury fails to address agenda items on second consecutive day...

Opp members train guns on Shehbaz over Multan Metro

‘Multan Metro to be Shehbaz’s Panama Papers,’ opposition leader says Opposition ruckus prompts speaker to adjourn PA session   LAHORE: After the ouster of Nawaz Sharif...