Tag: Senate
Opposition stages walkout from Senate over Haideri nomination
Opposition parties on Tuesday staged a walkout from the Senate session debating the budget, demanding reversal of Chairman Farook Naik’s decision of nominating JUI-F’s...
Haideri named Senate Opp leader amid protests
Senate Chairman Farooq Naik on Monday issued a notification naming JUI-F leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri as the new Senate opposition leader, but the...
PML-Q set to become minority party in Senate as well
The Chaudhrys are likely to face the same situation in the Senate that they faced in the Punjab Assembly where a newly-founded dissident bloc...
No decision yet on opposition leader in senate
Senate Secretary Raja Amin has said that the Senate opposition leader could not be decided yet.
According to sources, Ishaq Dar of the Pakistan Muslim...
Senate body furious over naval chief’s absence
The Senate’s Standing Committee on Defence expressed displeasure at the absence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir from the meeting held on...
President summons Senate, NA on June 3
Asif Ali Zardari has summoned separate sessions of the Senate and National Assembly (NA) on June 3. Along with the announcement of budget,...
‘Ephedrine’ being used to manufacture hot drugs, Senate body suspects
Senate Standing Committee on Interior Monday expressed anger over the allocating quota of precursor chemical, ephedrine, to two pharmaceutical companies, Berlex Lab International Multan...
Zardari decides to sideline Rabbani in Senate elections
President Asif Ali Zardari has decided not to give party ticket to former minister Raza Rabbani for the next Senate election as he has...
Likeminded announce support for Dar as Senate Opp leader
The Pakistan Muslim League-Likeminded (PML-Likeminded) formally announced on Saturday its support for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s Senator Ishaq Dar for opposition leader in the...
Saifullah to support JUI-F for Senate Opp leader
The Salim Saifullah-led Likeminded group of the PML-Q on Friday put its weight behind the single largest opposition party in the Upper House of...
Four candidates vying for slot of Senate opposition leader
A split in the ranks of PML-Q dissident senators is likely to pave the way for PML-N leader Ishaq Dar clinching the coveted slot...
PML-N, ANP criticise PM’s statement in Senate
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Awami National Party (ANP) on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the statement made by the PM in the Senate, saying...
Govt’s claim of harmony between state institutions exposed in Senate
As the Senate witnessed a heated debate on the Abbottabad incident, the PPP’s Raza Rabbani on Thursday exposed the government’s claims of harmony between...
Senators demand court trial of Abbottabad operation
Vehemently condemning the covert US operation against Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, senators demanded court trial of the operation urging that no...
Senate passes General Statistics Bill 2011
The Senate passed the General Statistics (Re-organisation) Bill 2011 on Tuesday. The bill has been passed to allow for the reorganisation of statistical system...
Over 17,000 posts filled in PIA: Senate told
A total of 17,658 posts were filled in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) against approved posts of 18,538 in its 15 departments/sections, Minister for Textile...
Opposition yet to agree on consensus leader in Senate
Opposition parties in the Upper House of parliament are still indecisive to bring a consensus opposition leader in the House, with the JUI-F claiming...
