Tag: Senator

Bokhari attends Diamond Jubilee lunch with Queen

Chairman Senate Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari attended the lunch hosted by the Secretary General Commonwealth Mr Kamalesh Sharma to mark the Diamond Jubilee...

Action against Haqqanis key to Afghan success: US senator

With the situation in Afghanistan continuing to be on the downslide, a leading American senator on Sunday said Pakistani action against the Haqqani militants...

‘Goats and cows are our future’

Senator Zulfiqar Ali Khosa has said that livestock sector is lagging behind in meeting modern world requirements and there was an urgent need to...

Former senator demands FATA province

Former senator Haji Muhammad Shah on Saturday demanded sufficient representation of the Tribal Areas in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly or to declare FATA as...

Senator (r) Haider returns from goodwill visit to Mumbai

Former federal minister for human rights, law and parliamentary affairs senator (r) Iqbal Haider on Thursday returned from his three-day visit to Mumabi. He had...

Senators recommend Veena Malik as senator

It was an expression of dissatisfaction over the efficiency of the federal ministers coupled with a sense of humour, when senators on Wednesday suggested...

Former senator slams PA resolution

Former human rights and law minister Senator (r) Iqbal Haider on Wednesday expressed dismay over the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly prohibiting the...

‘Mengal has offered to help diffuse Balochistan crisis’

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Lashkari Raisani said on Sunday that prominent Baloch leader Attaullah Mengal to held end the Balochistan crisis, and asked...

Durrani’s petition dubbed ‘publicity stunt’

Leaders of various political parties have protested against Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani’s move of making their party heads respondents in a petition filed by...

US-Pakistan ties at risk: senator

The United States should be prepared to cut ties with Pakistan if it does not do more to battle Haqqani network militants blamed for...

Haqqani network operating with ISI’s help: US senator

US Senator Mark Kirk on Monday said the Haqqani network was operating with the help of the ISI. Kirk, who sits on the Senate...

Pakistan ‘main threat’ to Afghanistan: US senator

Pakistan is the “main threat” to Afghanistan and its intelligence service is “the biggest danger” to the government in Kabul, a US senator recently...

Pakistan got nuclear weapons with Chinese help: US senator

A top US Senator has said that Pakistan would have never acquired nuclear weapons without the assistance of China. "Pakistan wouldn't have acquired nuclear weapons...

Senator Dar says no to foreign aid

Terming foreign aid a root cause of all the country’s issues, Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Ishaq Dar said on Monday that...

PPP senator for taking up Abbottabad issue with UN

Toeing a separate line from his party, PPP Senator Lashkari Raisani on Tuesday said the case of US violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty in the...

Dr Asim Hussain elected senator unopposed

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Chief Election Commissioner Justice Rtd Hamid Ali Mirza on Saturday notified that Dr Asim Hussain was elected unopposed as a result of bye-election to the Senate of Pakistan. Asim was elected unopposed against a general seat from Sindh fallen vacant due to resignation of Senator Dr Khatu Mal Jeewan for the unexpired term of office that is due to expire on March 11, 2015, said a statement issued here.
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PML-Q’s Gulshan richest woman senator with 13 kg gold

ISLAMABAD - Gulshan Saeed of PML-Q is the richest female senator who owns gold ornaments that weigh nearly 13 kg and has property worth millions of rupees.
Details of her assets declared to the Election Commission of Pakistan reveal that rest of her female colleagues in the upper house possess less than half of gold ornaments owned by GulshanSaeed. According to ECP documents, Senator Gulshan Saeed also owns two houses valuing Rs 50 million and a piece of agricultural land worth