NA meets today ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will meet today (Monday) at 5 pm at the Parliament House. According to National... Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am
Opinion Navigating change: Strategies for empowering Pakistani democracy Elected representatives, including those in the National Assembly, provincial assemblies, Senate, and local... Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am
Pakistan NA session summoned after Eid ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Friday convened a session of the National Assembly after... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Pakistan Extending lifespan of 7 ordinances: Legislating in a hurry? ISLAMABAD: Amid strong protests by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)... Updated 16 Mar, 2024 09:11am
Pakistan Speakers for increasing number of seats for women in parliament KARACHI: In the National Assembly and provincial assemblies, reserved seats for women should be increased from 16% ... Published 11 Mar, 2024 04:45am
Print PPP’s Zardari sworn in as 14th President of Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari took oath as the 14th President of Pakistan on... Updated 11 Mar, 2024 09:38am
Pakistan Omar picked as opposition leader in NA ISLAMABAD: The expectations of the hawkish chaps within the ranks of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were dashed to a... Published 07 Mar, 2024 04:59am
Pakistan PTI demands release of IK, other party leaders through resolution ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday submitted a resolution in National Assembly, calling for... Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am
Pakistan ECP allocates reserved seats claimed by SIC to other parties ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday notified the allocation of reserved seats for women... Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am
Pakistan Joint session on 9th to elect new president ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq summoned a joint sitting of Parliament on March 9 (Saturday) for the... Updated 04 Mar, 2024 09:43am
Opinion ‘A political cul-de-sac’ This is apropos a Letter to the Editor titled “A political cul-de-sac” carried by the newspaper yesterday. It is... Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am
Print NA session today amid deepening political impasse ISLAMABAD: The inaugural session of the 16th National Assembly will be held today (Thursday) under Article 91 (2) of... Updated 29 Feb, 2024 08:49am
Print President, too, summons NA session? KARACHI: President Arif Alvi has convened a National Assembly session hours before the lower house of parliament is... Updated 29 Feb, 2024 08:50am
Pakistan NA session summoning: President has made the right decision: IK RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Founder Imran Khan has said that President Arif Alvi did the right thing... Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am
Pakistan Alvi to face multiple cases: Bilawal ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed that President Dr Arif Alvi would... Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am
Print Gazette notifications of some winning NA candidates still pending ISLAMABAD: As the cut-off date of February 29 for the President to summon the new National Assembly session nears,... Updated 26 Feb, 2024 09:49am
Pakistan KP: ECP allots women’s seats in NA ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notification distributing special women’s seats... Published 25 Feb, 2024 04:52am
Pakistan NA-44: successful candidate notified ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified Ali Amin Khan from NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I as... Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am
Pakistan PML-N names candidates for NA, PA seats in KP PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-N has announced names of its candidates for general election 2024 of national and... Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am
Pakistan IHC directs ECP to notify delimitation of 2 NA seats afresh ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), Friday, directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to notify the... Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am
Print National Assembly seats reduced by six ISLAMABAD: Amidst accusations from some quarters of using a controversial exercise to redraw the voting map to... Updated 04 Dec, 2023 08:46am
Print Imposition of additional tax on windfall income subject to NA’s nod ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)’s notification to impose a 40 percent additional tax on windfall... Published 25 Nov, 2023 05:19am
Pakistan ECP issues lists of delimited constituencies ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s 266 general seats cover a total population of Pakistan’s 241,499,431 persons and... Updated 28 Sep, 2023 09:57am
Pakistan ‘No legislation passed in five years for welfare of people, traders’ KARACHI: Chairperson of Pakistan Business Forum (Sindh Region) Shabnam Zafar said that no legislation was passed in... Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am
Print NA stands dissolved ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday dissolved National Assembly – three days before the end of its term –... Updated 10 Aug, 2023 08:50am
Print PM terms 16-month tenure most difficult test of his life ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif made his final appearance in National Assembly on Wednesday as prime minister with all... Updated 10 Aug, 2023 09:49am
Print Revamping railways: Urgent investment of Rs12bn needed, NA told ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Tuesday informed National Assembly that an... Updated 09 Aug, 2023 09:27am
Print NA adopts Official Secrets (Amendment) Bill, 2023 ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday passed the Official Secrets (Amendment) Bill, 2023 with majority votes as... Updated 08 Aug, 2023 09:25am
Pakistan ‘We’ve always used democratic tools to get our point across’: Bilawal ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing the National... Updated 08 Aug, 2023 09:41am
Editorials Mockery of democracy EDITORIAL: Regrettably, it is not too hard to make sense of the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) government’s... Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am