Tag: Speaker

NA speaker‚ deputy speaker to be elected today

The National Assembly (NA) will elect its speaker and deputy speaker for the next five years in its session today. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominee...

Ayaz Sadiq submits papers for speaker NA

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which emerged as the victorious party in the May 11 elections, nominated Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for the post of speaker...

PTI’s Asad Qaisar elected as KP assembly speaker unopposed

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaisar has been elected as a speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly unopposed after JUI-F withdrew its candidate at the...

PTI nominates Asad Qaiser as KP speaker

    Formerly a front-runner for the seat of chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader Asad Qaiser has been nominated as the speaker of...

PML-N to give speaker, dy speaker slots to smaller provinces

After getting clear majority in the National Assembly, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is considering to pick up speaker and duty speaker of the...

Speakers discuss security dynamics issues

The 5th international maritime conference (IMC-2013) concluded here on Thursday after an open discussion by groups representing security, economy and environment departments. They evaluated...

MQM to sit on opposition benches

Acting Speaker Shehla Raza said, on Thursday, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) would be allotted opposition seats in the Sindh Assembly. Following the announcement, MQM...

Matiullah Agha elected Balochistan Assembly speaker

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) lawmaker Matiullah Agha was elected unanimously as the Balochistan Assembly speaker on Monday. On December 31, the Balochistan High Court (BHC) allowed...

Syed Matiullah Agha elected Balochistan Assembly speaker

The Balochistan Assembly on Monday elected Matiullah Agha of Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam as its speaker after the ouster of Aslam Bhootani. Matiullah Agha was elected unopposed speaker...

NA speaker calls upon all political forces to get united for...

National Assembly (NA) Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has said in her message on the fifth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto being observed today (Thursday),...

Speaker appoints Tariq Magsi as Opp leader

Speaker Balochistan Assembly Mohammad Aslam Bhootani has declared Tariq Magsi of PML-Q as opposition leader in the House, much to the shock of his...

Balochistan political crisis deepens with no-trust motion against speaker

Twenty-two members of the Balochistan Assembly submitted a no-trust motion against Speaker Aslam Bhootani on Wednesday. Balochistan Assembly Deputy Speaker Matiullah presided over the session,...

Angry crowd hurls stones at Tunisian leaders

Angry protesters have hurled rocks at the Tunisian president and parliamentary speaker in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of the revolution that erupted in the...

PPL philanthropy on dice for the 8th consecutive year

Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) was adjudged as the biggest corporate donor of 2011 at the Corporate Philanthropy Awards hosted by Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy...

Brother of Syrian parliament speaker gunned down

Gunmen killed the brother of Syria’s parliament speaker as he drove to work in Damascus on Tuesday, the state-run news agency reported, as the...

NA forms committee on foreign, domestic loans

Speaker National Assembly has constituted a committee on foreign and domestic loans in pursuance of the motion adopted by the National Assembly on July...

NA speaker reviewing contempt notice

National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza on Friday said that the notice sent to her by the Supreme Court regarding the new law against...