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Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza has constituted the committee on appointment of the Caretaker Prime Minister as the PPP-PML-N could not remove the deadlock, the assembly secretariat said Tuesday. According to the notification the Speaker has constituted the Committee in pursuance of the constitutional provisions. The committee was formed after the Pakistan […]
The National Assembly stands dissolved on completion of five-year constitutional term, an official announcement has said. The federal cabinet is also dissolved, another notification said. “In pursuance of Article 52 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the National Assembly stands dissolved on the expiration of its term of five years […]
The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that Pakistan has not yet granted Most Favoured Nation status to India for trade. Minister for States and Frontier Regions Abbas Khan Afridi told the House during question hour that Pakistan maintains a Negative List of items for trade with India. He said the elimination of […]
Taking notice of the recent hike in petroleum prices, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered withdrawal of the recent increase in petroleum prices with immediate effect, the PM office said Saturday. The Prime Minister issued these instructions during a meeting with Minister for Finance Mr Saleem H. Mandviwala in the Prime Minister’s House. […]
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Friday walked out of the National Assembly session to protest the Sindh government’s decision to repeal the Sindh Peoples Local Government Act 2012 (SPLGA). Speaking on a point of order, MQM’s Asif Husnain said that the government had negated the basic principles of democracy by repealing the SPLGA and […]
A meeting of the coalition partners of the PPP led government was held at the Aiwan-e-sadr late on Tuesday night in which the leaders agreed to dissolve the National Assembly before March 15 followed by the general elections in the month of May. Munir Khan Orakzai suggested that the National Assembly should be dissolved […]
The Election Commission has issued code of conduct for the general elections after consultation with all major political parties. Under the new code of conduct‚ the political parties and candidates shall not propagate any opinion or act in any manner prejudicial to the ideology of Pakistan or the sovereignty‚ integrity and security of Pakistan‚ […]
Highlighting deep flaws in a taxation system that has drawn repeated criticism from Western aid donors, a report claimed that almost 70 percent of Pakistani parliamentarians didn’t file income taxes last year. The Center for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan (CIRP) in collaboration with Umar Cheema, an Investigative reporter of The News, released the report […]
The availability of teachers alone is the most fundamental issue as all public sector educational institutions at all levels have half what is required of the teaching staff. With this strength of educators, this gigantic exercise with 50 per cent of teachers who also need the required training remains the most significant question. The […]
In what appeared to be an optimistic move, the National Assembly adopted a landmark bill that guarantees free education to children of five to sixteen years of age. The Senate, the Upper House of Parliament, has already passed the bill: Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2012. The bill, originally, was meant for […]
The Federation Monday again filed a petition in the Supreme Court to review the apex court’s verdict in the Asghar Khan Case. Earlier on Saturday‚ the petition was returned as it did not include the Court fee of Rs10 thousand. The 16-page petition seeks review of the observations of the apex court vis-a-vis office […]
The government is reportedly making plans to introduce a bill in parliament which will convert death penalty into life imprisonment. According to the media report, the bill is likely to be tabled in the coming session of the National Assembly (NA). The reports quoting sources said that President Asif Ali Zardari was taking keen interest […]
