Tag: Senate
PML-N, MQM file requisition for summoning Senate session
After filing requisition for summoning of National Assembly session, the PML-N and MQM have submitted requisition with the senate secretariat for summoning of the...
US Senate confirms Crocker as Afghanistan envoy
The US Senate unanimously confirmed Ryan Crocker as the new ambassador to Kabul on Thursday, sending a veteran diplomat with vast experience in the...
US Senate confirms Petraeus as CIA chief
The US Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to confirm General David Petraeus, currently commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, to be the...
Senate body to write to Zardari for resolution of...
The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights said on Saturday it would write a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari asking him to address...
Call for fresh polls echoes in Senate
Endorsing the Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) demand that fresh mandate should be sought from the people and new elections be held in the country, the PML-N...
PPP and ‘N’ slug it out in Senate
The Senate witnessed a glimpse of escalating tensions between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) at political front on...
Agreements to import power from Iran successful, Senate told
The Upper House of parliament was told on Thursday about the successful agreements to import electricity from Iran on low rates.
Senators Lashker Raisani and...
US Senate confirms Panetta as Pentagon chief
The US Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to confirm outgoing Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta as the new secretary of defense, replacing the...
Nawaz, Fazl fail to resolve Senate opposition leader issue
Summit-level talks between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) to reach an out-of-house settlement of the Senate opposition leader dispute...
Debate on Opp leader continues in Senate
Continuing their debate on the contentious appointment of the Senate opposition leader on Friday, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Senators SM Zafar and Wasim Sajjad...
Senate slams Sanaullah’s statement against Awan
The Upper House of parliament on Wednesday slammed Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for his “illegal and immoral” remarks against former federal law minister...
Hackers break into US Senate computers
The US Sergeant at Arms Office confirmed on Monday that the Senate’s website had been hacked this past weekend and that it has ordered...
Hackers breach US Senate website
A shadowy group of hackers behind a string of recent cyberattacks claimed on Tuesday to have breached the US Senate website and taken internal...
Opposition walked out from Senate against not providing security to journalists
The opposition staged a walkout from Senate against non provision of security to the media men ,who prepared the footage of Kharotabad and...
Deadlock over Senate Opp leader continues to mar budget debate
The controversial appointment of the Senate opposition leader continued to mar the debate on the federal budget of 2011-12 in the Upper House of...
Opp continues to boycott Senate session
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) along with other opposition parties boycotted and staged a walk out from Senate session on Wednesday, on appointing of...
Rabbani wants open debate on Senate opposition selection
Senator Raza Rabbani on Tuesday proposed separate and open debates in the Senate on issues such as a member of a party wishing to...
