Tag: Punjab assembly
PTI points out no child labour survey since 1996
MPA Shoaib Siddiqui says Punjab has Child Protection Bureau but no child protection policy
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Shoaib Siddiqui, in his adjournment motion...
MPAs lament traffic congestion outside the Punjab Assembly
PA unanimously passes resolution in solidarity with journalists
LAHORE: The last sitting of the 32nd session of Punjab Assembly (PA) was marred with traffic congestion at Mall...
Health Department refuses to take Punjab Assembly seriously
Question-hour not taken due to Health sec’s absence
LAHORE: It was utter embarrassment and humiliation for the Punjab government as the treasury miserably failed to take...
Punjab Assembly suspends MPA for abusive, offensive behaviour
--MPA claims security staff misbehaved with his guests
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal has suspended Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism Mian Tahir from attending...
PML-N’s MPA protests over alleged transfer of public schools to Ahmadis
Opposition leader wants general discussion in PA on 56 public sector companies
LAHORE: A ruling party lawmaker Maulana Ghiyas-ud-Din protested over the alleged handing...
PA passes Environment Protection Bill 2017 despite opposition’s concerns
‘Lahore 5th most polluted city in world’, says MPA Khadeeja Umar
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly (PA) on Wednesday passed the Environment Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017, despite...
PCSW holds training session for women MPAs
LAHORE: The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) organised a training session in Punjab Assembly with women members of the Provincial Assembly on...
84 lawmakers barred from entering Punjab Assembly following ECP suspension
LAHORE: Eighty-four lawmakers, who were suspended by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday for not submitting their statements of assets and liabilities,...
PTI attempts to adjourn Punjab Assembly session to discuss children’s book
The use of certain Urdu language stories in the syllabus of private primary schools seems to be an issue of such urgent importance for the Pakistan...
Rohingya persecution: Resolutions submitted in NA, provincial assemblies
ISLAMABAD: Several resolutions were submitted in the national and provincial assemblies across the country on Tuesday against the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The...
PML-N using public resources for campaign, PTI complains
LAHORE: Amid the increasing activities pertaining to the by-election of NA-120, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has sought the service of CIA police as part of...
Opposition says PA session prorogued to avoid opposition’s protest
The 28th session of Punjab Assembly was prorogued for an indefinite time period without a single legislation, on Friday, after remaining in progress for...
Punjab Assembly constitutes body on HRMA
Punjab Assembly has constituted a Standing Committee for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs (HRMA) on Thursday.
This committee will be comprised of its Chairman Sardar...
14 killed, over 100 wounded in Lahore blast
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility for attack
Dead include DIG Traffic Ahmed Mobin, SSP Operations Zahid Gondal
Punjab govt announces one-day mourning, national flag to...
Govt determined to achieve 100pc literacy rate by 2020: PA told
Punjab Minister for Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education, Dr Farrukh Javed, told the Punjab Assembly Thursday that the government was making all-out efforts to...
PA speaker is biased, alleges opposition
PTI leader accuses govt of having loans written-off
PML-N leader denies allegations
The slogan ‘go speaker go’ reverberated in the Punjab Assembly Friday when...
Minister urges increase in minorities’ seats through electoral reforms
MPA says members of assembly plans to approve Punjab Minorities Rights Commission Bill
Provincial Minister for Minorities and Human Rights Khalil Tahir Sindhu has...