Tag: Senators
Senators sling mud as PML-N accuses PPP of backing arsonists
The Upper House of parliament turned into a fish market on Tuesday after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mushahidullah Khan criticised the government for...
Senators slam NAB for slow work
Senators on Tuesday expressed concerns over the slow progress of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), saying that the pending 618 inquiries reflected the pathetic...
Suspended MPs
It is that time of the year again. Dozens of parliamentarians don’t submit their assets details, the Election Commission of Pakistan suspends their membership,...
Senators say natural calamities consequence of ‘evil deeds’
As senators belonging to religio-political parties called the frequent natural calamities in the country a consequence of evil deeds on the part of the...
Senators seek performance details of sector development companies’ officers
Raising objections to the hefty salaries of the chief executive officers of sector development companies working under the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation, the senators...
Senators bicker over Karachi
Members of the Upper House on Monday entered into a lengthy verbal argument over whether public representatives should go to their respective constituencies to...
Senators demand action against USF
The Senate Standing Committee on IT and Telecom on Wednesday formed a sub committee to look into massive irregularities at the Ministry of IT...
Senators decry sub-standard food items at Utility Stores
Decrying the poor quality of the food products available at the state owned utility stores, the Senate Standing Committee on Industries and Production on...
US senators should not be intimidating Pakistan: Haqqani
Pakistan s Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani has said that the country wants to maintain cordial relations with the US, adding that US...
Senators seek funds for Balochistan
Senators from Balochistan in particular and others in general on Tuesday sought funds on immediate basis to complete the ongoing development projects so as...
Senators condemn govt, US for drone attacks
The members of the Upper House of parliament on Friday lashed out at the US for drone attacks inside Pakistani territory as Pakistani government...
161 Senators, MNAs yet to provide Matric, FA certificates to ECP
Members of the National Assembly and the Senate have failed to submit their Matric and FA certificates despite repeated notices by the Election Commission.
As...
Senators slam economic, admin policies
All opposition parties in the Upper House except the JUI-F on Wednesday criticised the government for its economic and administrative policies, saying the government...
Trigger-happy security personnel irk senators
Senators from the opposition and the government sides were of the view on Tuesday that no one could expect security when security institutions of...
Opp, ANP senators disown ‘unanimous’ recommendations
The joint opposition and ANP senators on Monday disowned 66 ‘unanimously adopted’ recommendations by the Upper House to make amendments in the money bill...
US senators urge review of aid to Pakistan
US senators have urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates to make sure Pakistan is doing its utmost to battle...
PM in China ‘disgusts’ US senators
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s visit to China, which he declared his country’s best friend, makes it harder to sell an angry US public...