Tag: Senate

The members of the upper house of parliament have once again demanded that senators should be given equal representation in the panel approved to...

--Senate unanimously passes West Pakistan Juvenile Smoking (Repeal) Bill, 2018 ISLAMABAD: The opposition on Tuesday staged a walkout from Senate to protest the alleged victimisation of...

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government would not need assistance from any other party in order to enact regular legislation, despite being a minority in...

Senate body to invite CDA, MCI officials; to call meeting on EPA, universal conventions, treaties ISLAMABAD: Senate’s Standing Committee on Climate Change on Monday expressed...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday finalised to field Dr Shehzad Waseem for the Senate seat in by-elections from Punjab. The seat for which...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday called upon the members of the provincial assembly of Punjab to elect a member for the...

ISLAMABAD: Senator Sherry Rehman expressed her concern about the government’s decision to approve a proposal to increase the gas tariff by 46%, saying, the government’s...

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Wednesday said the government discourages censorship on media and did not receive any complaint in this...

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and Senator Raza Rabbani violated the rules of smoking in public areas as he smoked a cigar during the...

ISLAMABAD: Naming Islamabad International Airport (IIA) is part of the Senate’s agenda for its meeting on Monday and the Pakistan People's Party will request it...

Finance Minister Asad Umer says govt will take parliament into confidence over bailout strategy  Says govt will introduce tax reforms to increase tax...

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday informed the Senate that an inquiry of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has found over a dozen retired senior...

ISLAMABAD: Senate Functional Committee on Problems of Lesser Developed Areas on Thursday expressed its concern over the unnecessary blocking of over 300,000 Computerized National Identity...

Upper House passes resolution to criminalise enforced disappearances Discussion on 'rigging' postponed till Friday owing to lack of quorum  6, 450 Pakistanis...

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, National History, Literary Heritage and attached departments had given advertisements worth Rs 6,111,779,669 to print and electronic media in last...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Wednesday that entertainment and the film industry will be given priority by the information ministry as per the...

ISLAMABAD: The opposition members walked out of the Senate session in protest on Wednesday after Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said that land belonging to...