Tag: Senators

Senators worried over fresh wave of terrorism in KP

As the Senate prayed for those killed in Thursday’s bombing in a Peshawar seminary on Friday, lawmakers in the Upper House of Parliament expressed...

Senators want better governance to control price hike

Senators on Thursday urged the government to improve the governance to control price hike in the country. Speaking on a motion moved by Senator Raza...

Senators stage walkout over missing persons issue

Opposition parties on Monday staged separate walkouts from the Senate over the missing persons’ issue and privatisation of institutions. On the opening day of 98th...

Senators reject Taliban conditions for talks

Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Chairman Haji Mohammad Adeel on Tuesday said the preconditions set by the Taliban for dialogue process did not...

Nisar the Opposed

Opposition blasts Nisar for "flawed strategy" to deal with Sikandar The opposition on Tuesday blasted the federal government's "flawed strategy" to deal with the Sikandar...

Senators condemn terrorist acts in KP

In a unanimous resolution on Wednesday, senators condemned incidents of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and urged the provincial government to take steps to improve...

Cracks within PPP: 11 ‘disenchanted’ senators mull future strategy

  With the Pakistan Peoples' Party-Parliamentarians (PPPP) virtually limited to Sindh, cracks have started emerging within its ranks and the party's members of the Senate...

ECP gives clean chit to six fake degree-holding Senators

Taking a plea of “law”, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday revealed that it gave clean chit to at least seven lawmakers who...

Senators question judiciary’s immunity over dual nationality

Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) senators, joined by an opposition lawmaker, debated the immunity enjoyed by superior judiciary on the dual nationality issue, demanding that...

Senators lament Balochistan disorder

Around four fumed and frustrated treasury members of the Upper House on Thursday staged walkout from the House against what they called “non-serious approach”...

Senators call for doing away with military’s ‘adventurism’

With the nation celebrating Defense Day today (Thursday), two Senate treasury members came down hard on the former military leadership and held former generals...

Australian senators pay tribute to Iqbal, visit Badshahi mosque

A five member delegation of Australian Senate led by David Johnston laid floral wreath at the Mizar-e-Iqbal. Head of the delegation David Johnston said...

Three US senators call for aid to Syrian rebels

Three prominent US senators called late Sunday for direct US military aid to Syrian rebels, including use of US air power to protect rebel-controlled...

Senators demand talks with Baloch nationalists

Senators from across the political divide on Wednesday expressed their concern over the worsening law and order in Balochistan, saying the way forward was...

Russia warns US of retaliation over jail death law

Russia on Wednesday warned the United States it would retaliate if US lawmakers passed a law blacklisting officials implicated in the death in jail...

No relief given to poor masses in budget: Senators

The opposition members in the Senate have described the proposed budget as jugglery of word, saying there is not any measurement to eradicate inflation,...

US senators reject Pakistan’s $5,000 per NATO truck ‘extortion’

US Senators John McCain and Carl Levin, the chair and ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Wednesday said the US should...