Tag: Senate
Senate body concerned by worsening Baloch human rights situation
The Senate’s Functional Committee on Human Rights has expressed serious concern over human rights abuses in Balochistan, urged the Balochistan government to immediately release...
Senate body passes SEZs bill with amendments
The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice, Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs on Tuesday passed the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Bill 2011 with amendments,...
PPP Senate candidates submit nomination papers
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s 10 candidates for the Senate elections from Sindh submitted their nominations papers to the provincial Election Commission Office on Tuesday.
The...
Ahsen, Dar elected to Senate unopposed
Two senior politicians, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s Aitzaz Ahsen and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s Ishaq Dar, have been elected to the Senate...
PML-Q forward bloc attaches strings to Senate support
Deprived of Senate tickets, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q)’s forward bloc, also known as the Unification Bloc, has asked for more than 30 tickets for...
Hafeez Shaikh wins Senate ticket again
President Asif Ali Zardari has turned down the recommendation of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s high-powered parliamentary board regarding nominations from Sindh, and awarded...
MQM Senate candidates submit nomination papers
Nine Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) candidates for the Senate elections submitted their nomination papers to the Sindh election commissioner on Monday.
They included Nasreen Jalil,...
Punjab Senate seats decided by mutual consent
All Senate candidates from Punjab seem set to be elected unopposed after political parties reached a mutual understanding on nominations without competition.
It is likely...
Zardari picks young Saifullah ignoring heavyweights from Capital
President Asif Ali Zardari has selected a new young candidate for upcoming Senate elections from the federal capital ignoring stalwarts.
“Usman Saifullah Khan, son...
Nasim Wali lashes out at party
Amidst fuelling political polarisation and judicial activism, the nationalist Awami National Party (ANP) is prone to internal rifts as its former provincial president Begum...
PPP chooses 2 upper caste Hindus for Senate
The ruling PPP has finalised the names of candidates of religious minorities for the upcoming Senate elections and has selected two Upper Caste billionaire...
Four Senate seats to PML-Q, 5 seats to PPP
The formula for seat adjustment from Balochistan in Senate elections between Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was finalised on Friday....
Haj quota will be granted transparently, Senate body told
The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Tuesday informed the Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs that 5,000 private companies registered with the Securities and...
PML-N interviews applicants for Senate tickets
The PML-N screening committee on Tuesday conducted interviews of some applicants to finalise names of its ticket holders for the upcoming Senate elections.
The committee...
JI seeks Senate polls’ postponement
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hasan on Tuesday called for postponing the Senate elections until general elections are held according to the new voter lists....
Senate passes bill on women’s status
Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Prof Khurshid Ahmad fell singled out in the Upper House on Thursday, as treasury and opposition members, particularly women, unanimously passed the...
President directs PPP ministers to consult allies on Senate polls
President Asif Ali Zardari has directed Pakistan Peoples Party’s Sindh ministers to take unanimous decisions in consultation with all coalition partners to pave the...
