Tag: Sindh Assembly

Minister tells PA, 91,449 cars registered in Karachi during 2014, 2015: report

KARACHI: Excise and Taxation Minister Mukesh Chawla informed Sindh Assembly that 91,449 cars were registered in Karachi during 2014 and 2015, while during the...

Sindh Assembly passes four bills despite opposition’s absence: report

KARACHI: Sindh Assembly, amidst a ruckus in the house, on Thursday passed four bills pertaining to educational institutions and introduced another four to be...

Sindh Assembly again adopts controversial universities bill

KARACHI: Despite strong protest by the opposition parties, the Sindh Assembly on Saturday again adopted the Sindh Universities and Institutes Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018,...

PTI lawmakers stage protest outside Sindh Assembly

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) lawmakers staged a protest against corruption in the Sindh government outside the provincial assembly on Thursday. “The incumbent government in Sindh...

SA asks SC to take suo moto notice of disaster in...

KARACHI: Sindh Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution which "expressed the hope" that Supreme Court will take suo moto notice of "man-made disaster" which...

PTI demands resignation of Sindh CM over corruption allegations

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday submitted a resolution in the Sindh Assembly seeking resignation of Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah after...

War of words between PPP, MQM-P leaders dominates Sindh Assembly session

KARACHI: Sindh Assembly witnessed an exchange of harsh words between MQM-P MPAs and Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza and hurling of threats at each other...

Why did MQM-P lawmaker try committing suicide?

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Shazia Javed's medical tests came out negative for an overdose of any sort of sedatives, Abbasi Shaheed...

Disabled people protest outside Sindh Assembly for increase in job quota

KARACHI: Amid the bustle of lawmakers outside and inside Sindh Assembly due to Senate elections, people with disabilities once again protested for the increase in...

PPP MPA Qaimkhani’s 16-year-old son dies in Karachi car accident

KARACHI: 16-year-old son of a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Sindh was killed in a road accident on Friday that took place in...

Nepotism infests Sindh Assembly as junior officers getting rapid promotions

Junior clerk running all matters at assembly secretariat bypassing secretary KARACHI: Although mismanagement and financial embezzlements have become a routine matter, the Sindh Assembly...

Sindh Assembly speaker slams lawmakers over low attendance

KARACHI: Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani slammed lawmakers over low attendance during the session on Wednesday. Voicing concerns over the lack of attendance, he...

Sindh Assembly adopts bill to regularise schoolteachers: report

KARACHI: After a brief debate, the Sindh Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted the Sindh Regularisation of Teachers Appointed on Contract Basis Bill, 2018, according...

Sindh Assembly pays tribute to late PPP MPA Bijarani

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly session was adjourned soon after its proceedings began on Friday owing to the demise of sitting member of Pakistan Peoples...

Sindh Assembly summoned to meet on Friday

KARACHI: Exercising the powers conferred upon him, Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani as an acting Sindh Governor on Wednesday summoned the provincial assembly...

Sindh Assembly slams Imran, Rasheed’s slew of abuses against parliament

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Monday passed a resolution condemning the negative remarks Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Imran Khan and Awami Muslim League (AML)...

Youth policy soon to be approved by Sindh assembly: Nisar Ahmad

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Food and Parliamentary Affairs Nisar Ahmed on Friday assured that efforts would be made to get youth policy approved by...