Tag: Pakistan Parliament

Pakistan’s top electoral body has defended its move to postpone the polls beyond the stipulated 90-day period, saying voters will not have true representation in Parliament without fresh delimitation of constituencies. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is caught in a difficult situation following the dissolution of the National ...

Pakistan’s parliament on Sunday approved the government’s 2023-24 budget which was revised to meet International Monetary Fund conditions in a last ditch effort to secure the release of more bailout funds. The IMF in mid-June expressed dissatisfaction with the country’s initial budget, saying it was a missed opportunity to ...

A powerful panel of Pakistan's Parliament has sought a criminal investigation against officials of a government agency who allegedly accessed the personal information of Army chief General Asim Munir and his family, a media report said on Friday. According to the Dawn newspaper, two Pakistani journalists claimed ...

Sharp differences among political leaders came to the fore in Pakistan’s Senate on Monday over the offering of prayers for the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who died in Dubai following a prolonged illness. Musharraf, the 79-year-old bespectacled moustachioed four-star general of the Pakistan Army, died at the American ...

Islamabad: The Pakistan National Assembly Secretariat has banned the entry of YouTubers, TikTokers and other social media influencers into its premises, ARY News reported. The decision has been taken after an incident of misbehaviour with lawmakers by some unauthorised YouTuber/social media influencers at Gate No 1 of Parliament House ...

Islamabad: The Islamabad administration has sealed two cafeterias of Parliament House in the Pakistani capital after cockroaches were found in the food. Many of the Parliamentarians had already stopped having meals in these cafeterias owing to substandard food, Samaa TV reported. After the latest incident where the lawmakers ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to form a new Cabinet on Monday after a week-long delay amid deliberations on how to accommodate all coalition partners, according to a media report. Pakistan’s Parliament last week elected Sharif, President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), as the new prime ...

New Delhi: After Imran Khan's ouster, the National Assembly session to elect the new prime minister of Pakistan will convene today (April 11, 2022). Nomination papers of Pakistan joint opposition candidate Shehbaz Sharif and PTI's Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been approved for the top seat's election which is slated ...

Pakistan’s Leader of the Opposition and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Monday tabled a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly against Prime Minister Imran Khan who is facing his toughest political test since assuming office in 2018. As the much-anticipated session began after a two-day recess on Monday, Deputy ...

Massive protests have erupted in Balochistan's port city of Gwadar against unnecessary checkpoints, a severe shortage of water and electricity and threats to livelihoods from illegal fishing- part of a growing backlash against China's multibillion-dollar belt and road projects. The protesters demand the removal of the check posts, availability ...