Tag: Senator

PPP senator gets bail

Islamabad: Bail of PPP Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, spokesperson Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has been approved. Additional District and session judge took up...

Ban polythene bags, plastic products, Sindh CM urged

Senator Murtaza Wahab on Tuesday wrote to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to put a ban on polythene and plastic products citing the...

Senator Rehman Malik writes letter to ECP on alleged rigging

ISLAMABAD: Senate Committee for Interior Chairman and Coordinator for Election Security Senator Rehman Malik on Friday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of...

Senator Rehman Malik calls for enhancing security of politicians

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior Chairman Rehman Malik on Saturday condemned Mastung blast and has ordered enhanced security for politicians. Malik has sought a...

First minority Hindu woman to contest on general seat from Thar...

KARACHI: A 31-year-old Hindu woman, Sunita Parmar has emerged as a beacon of hope not only for minorities but for all Pakistani women, who make up...

ECP suspends notification of Ishaq Dar’s election as senator

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday suspended the notification of former finance minister Ishaq Dar's election as a senator. The notification was suspended in the light...

IHC stops ECP from issuing disqualification notification of senator

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday stopped Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from issuing a notification regarding disqualification of Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi. Justice...

PTI can solve 35-year-old problems in first 100 days: Ch Sarwar

PTI senator says 'corrupt’ PML-N conspiring against institutions LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senator Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar claimed on Sunday that his party would resolve the...

Polio on brink of eradication due to nation’s resolve: Ayesha Raza

37.71m children to be vaccinated in second last polio campaign ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq Tuesday said...

Siraj says Senate polls blot on country’s democratic history

HYDERABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq on Sunday said that the recently-held Senate election has become a ‘stain’ on the country’s democratic history. Addressing a...

Independent Senator Mirza Afridi from FATA joins PML-N

ISLAMABAD: Mirza Muhammad Afridi, who was elected as an independent senator from the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA), joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on...

A Christian, Hindu senator from PPP

KARACHI: While proving that the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has its roots within all the communities of Pakistan, the party has gotten elected a...

Achieving SDG targets necessary to become welfare state: Farhatullah Babar

  ISLAMABAD: The achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted unanimously by the UN member states is critical to transforming the country from a security...

Farhatullah Babar calls for legislation to make state agencies accountable

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Senator Farhatullah Babar, has asked the civil society organisations to play their role in persuading the government to...

Govt not interested in saving PIA: Sherry Rehman

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leader and Senator Sherry Rehman, while speaking after the special committee on the performance of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), expressed...

Bilawal meets Congressman Brad Sherman

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called on Congressman Brad Sherman of Democratic Party in Capitol Hill on Tuesday. PPP Spokesperson Senator...

PPP senator Aajiz Dhamrah offers condolence on Hazar Khan’s death

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Aajiz Dhamrah on Thursday offered his condolences on the death of Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Mir...