Tag: Senate

Opposition in the Senate, Thursday, pressed the government to check smuggling of goods back inside Pakistan after being imported in the name of Afghan...

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has recommended to the National Assembly to exempt mining machinery from sales tax and all sort of duties...

The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended Interior Minister Rehman Malik as a member of parliament for allegedly running for office while still a...

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Friday, elected Senator Nasreen Jalil unopposed as chairperson of the Committee. Her name was proposed as chairperson of...

For the first time in the country’s history, a democratic government led by the Pakistan People’s Party will be presenting its fifth federal budget...

A conservative senator called Tuesday for the United States to suspend all aid to Pakistan and grant citizenship to a doctor who was jailed...

Martin Dempsey, Obama’s top military adviser, said that Senate has made the right decision by voting to cut aid to Pakistan. The United...

Pakistan’s Honorary Investment Counsellor in Calgary, Mazhar Hussain (Mike) Shaikh has been declared one of the winners in the Alberta, Canada senatorial election to...

The Senate was informed on Friday that 315 missing persons have been traced and 471 such cases have been disposed of by the two...

Minister for Law Farooq H. Naek said in the Senate Thursday that Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani is still a member of the National Assembly...

Senate Chairman Nayyar Hussain Bukhari on Wednesday ignored the lack of quorum repeatedly pointed out by the irritated treasury Senator Zahid Khan and continued...

The race for the chairmanship of lucrative and influential Senate standing committees is on among collation partners. All 33 standing and functional committees of the...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday opened a new debate for legal and constitutional experts by saying that he enjoyed “absolute immunity” under...

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has nominated Senator Jehangir Badar as Leader of the House in the Senate, president’s spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said on...

Lashkari Raisani, a senior figure of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) from Balochistan has resigned from Senate on Tuesday. According to the media reports, Raisani...

Acting President Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari and Senate Acting Chairman Sabir Baloch has expressed grief and sorrow over the death of famous Sufi singer...