Tag: Speaker

PML-N huddle discusses ‘threats’ as Opp advises caution

--Former PM Nawaz Sharif backs Ayaz Sadiq’s remarks, says ‘it is better to alarm party workers about conspiracy to oust PML-N govt before time’ --...

Assemblies will complete term, no threat to elections: Khawaja Asif

LONDON: Foreign Minister (FM) Khawaja Asif asserted early Thursday that representative assemblies will complete their term and there is no such problem which may...

‘Human rights protection imperative to establish civilised society’: report

QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly Speaker Raheela Hameed Durrani Sunday said that the protection of human rights is of utmost importance in order to establish a...

PM appoints NA secretary as NHA chairman amid controversy

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has appointed National Assembly (NA) Secretary Jawad Rafique Malik as chairman of the National Highways Authority (NHA) as...

Speaker sends more names for inclusion in list of envoys to...

National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has forwarded names of more parliamentarians from the various political parties for inclusion in the list of special...

Opp lodges complaint with Speaker over Shehla’s indifference

House passes Sindh Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment) Bill, 2015 unanimously Opposition members in the Sindh Assembly are generally irked when Deputy Speaker...

‘It feels like home’

Ayaz Sadiq, three others take oath as MNAs Former National Assembly speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Friday was sworn in as an MNA following his...

NA speaker using unverified cellular SIM

National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq failed to get his cellular SIM verified despite repeated attempts during parliamentarians’ SIMs’ verification Wednesday, local media reported.

NA speaker will solve Secretariat employees’ woes per law

National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has assured the NA Secretariat employees that their grievances would be addressed according to the legal framework. In...

NA speaker accepts Hashmi’s resignation, forwards to ECP

National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has accepted the resignation of former president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Makhdoom Javed Hashmi. According to details, Speaker Ayaz...

Speaker wants close ties with Sweden

National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and Swedish Parliament Speaker Per Westerberg have agreed to boost up parliamentary and economic ties between Pakistan and Sweden....

Real change is to respect all institutions: Ayaz Sadiq

ISLAMABAD Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has emphasised the need for tolerance to make democracy functional. He was talking to the participants of National Management...

British deputy speaker ‘sexually abused men in parliament’

The former deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons sexually abused young men in parliament and at a Conservative party conference, a court heard...

SA speaker holds his ground

Sindh Assembly Speaker Aga Siraj Durrani on Monday claimed that he did nothing wrong by conducting a wedding ceremony within the premises of Sindh...

Speaker, deputy speaker console death of PM’s uncle

Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, speaker and Murtaza Javed Abbasi, deputy speaker National Assembly have condoled the death of Abdul Majeed Butt, maternal uncle of Nawaz...

PA speaker takes overzealous MP to task

Tempers were seen flying in the Punjab Assembly on Friday when Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal ordered the security staff to “kick out” a PML-N...

BA speaker, deputy speaker take oath

Balochistan Assembly Speaker Jan Muhammad Jamali and Deputy Speaker Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo who have been elected unopposed took oath of their offices on Tuesday. Outgoing...