Tag: Senate

Govt invites Opp for debate on mending NAB flaws

--Opp alleges political victimisation as govt says cases against political leaders were filed in the past   ISLAMABAD: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan Swati on...

Ruckus mars Senate session as JUI-F alleges electoral rigging

--Murad says cases against opposition leaders were registered during their respective governments ISLAMABAD: The Senate session on Wednesday was disrupted when Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader...

Bill moved in Senate to restrict NAB from prosecuting offences of...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Senator Farooq Hamid Naek on Monday introduced a legislative proposal in the Senate, seeking amendments in the National...

Senate no-confidence motion: PPP finds two ‘potential defectors’

--PPP suspects nine PML-N senators, one each from JUI-F, ANP voted to foil bid against Sanjrani ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leadership has completed...

Senator Raza Rabbani resigns after no-confidence vote failure

Senator Raza Rabbani has sent his resignation to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari after the failure of the no-confidence vote against Senate...

Opp forms committees to expose ‘defecting’ senators

ISLAMABAD: A day after Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani survived the no-confidence vote moved by the opposition, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s...

Bizenjo warns against bid to delay no-confidence motion against Sanjrani

ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Friday reemphasised their resolve to remove Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani from his post and maintained that this...

PTI targets Mandviwalla after Opp’s move against Sanjrani

--Senate deputy chairman calls no-trust motion against him a 'strange tradition', says 'happy to step down'  A day after joint opposition nominated its candidate to...

Reports suggest Senate chairman will be from PML-N

A day after the Rehbar Committee – a body representing the joint opposition— decided to move a no-trust motion against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani...

Senate session adjourned amid ruckus over PM’s remarks

ISLAMABAD: The Senate session on Wednesday was adjourned for another day as security was called in the House to control the ruckus created by...

Opposition least bothered to discuss public issues: Faisal Javed

ISLAMABAD: Senator Faisal Javed said the opposition parties did not have any interest in resolving the issues of the common man. Talking to a private...

Opp walks out of Senate session on budget

--PPP says it is IMF budget, warns people will take to streets against inflation --PPP’s Sherry questions Zardari, Talpur’s arrest, says these are ‘retaliatory’ acts --PTI’s...

2,396 Pakistanis detained in Turkish detention centers, Senate told

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Wednesday informed that there were at least 2396 Pakistanis detained in Turkish detention centers across Turkey on an account of...

Senate passes bill to amend Election Act

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to amend the election act 2017 with majority votes. Federal minister for parliamentary affairs Azam Khan Sawati...

Ruckus mars Senate session over Opp’s criticism of POL hike

ISLAMABAD: The Senate session on Monday witnessed a noisy episode when the opposition asked the government to explain why the prices of petroleum prices had...

Senate committee on CPEC annoyed over minister’s absence

ISLAMABAD: Senate Special Committee on CPEC on Wednesday expressed annoyance over the absence of the federal minister in the meeting and postponed the session...

Senate body seeks details of Quetta terror attack from MoI

ISLAMABAD: The Senate's Standing Committee on Interior on Friday demanded the details of the suicide attack at Quetta’s Hazarganji locality from the Ministry of Interior...