Voting begins in first phase of India’s election today NEW DELHI: India begins voting in phases starting April 19 to elect a new parliament, the world’s largest election... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am
Pakistan Zardari’s address: Joint sitting of parliament drowned in din ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, Thursday, addressed a joint sitting of Parliament amid the protest of... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am
Opinion Parliament - A house to serve the national interest? “History is not a mansion to live in, but a school to learn”. Admittedly, the nations that do not learn from... Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am
Editorials An amendment in the works? EDITORIAL: The declared election outcome notwithstanding recounting of votes since, appears to be veering towards a... Published 21 Mar, 2024 05:22am
Pakistan PTI says will keep the fight alive in parliament, on streets ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI) on Friday categorically said that the party would opt for... Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am
Print 15 to 20 institutions: Govt seeks swift privatisation ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatisation and Board of Investment Abdul Aleem Khan has said that in the present... Updated 15 Mar, 2024 09:17am
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
Pakistan ‘Those behind May 9 riots have now attacked Parliament’: Marriyum ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday said that those... Published 04 Mar, 2024 04:15am
Pakistan Fazl terms parliament a ‘product of vote rigging’ KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the people of Pakistan do not... Published 04 Mar, 2024 04:15am
World Iranians polls: conservatives expected to dominate TEHRAN: Iranians voted on Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout ... Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am
Pakistan Senate panel recommends that parliament should immediately send bills to president for his assent ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, unanimously, recommended that Parliament should... Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am
Print Senate meets today ISLAMABAD: The Senate has been summoned to meet today (Monday) in the afternoon. A notification to this effect... Updated 19 Feb, 2024 09:54am
Pakistan All parties should work together for economic stability KARACHI: Petroleum and CNG industry leader, member of UBG Core Committee, Malik Khuda Bakhsh has urged all political... Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am
Print MoF issues FY25 budget call circular ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has issued the Budget Call Circular (BCC) for fiscal year 2024-25 with a timeline... Updated 08 Feb, 2024 10:00am
Pakistan Senate resolutions seeking postponement of polls unconstitutional: Siraj LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has denounced the Senate resolutions calling for a delay in elections,... Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am
Print ‘Missing’ bill about missing persons: Senate Secretariat denies responsibility ISLAMABAD: In the midst of the mystery surrounding the fate of the “missing” bill on missing persons, Senate... Updated 09 Jan, 2024 09:18am
Print Senate seeks postponement of polls ISLAMABAD: Less than two months after having passed a purportedly controversial resolution in support of the... Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:58am
Pakistan PPP condemns passage of resolution ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) condemned the resolution passed by the Upper House of the Parliament.... Published 06 Jan, 2024 05:17am
Pakistan 15 bills referred to Senate bodies, five deferred, one rejected ISLAMABAD: As many as 21 new private bills were put before the upper house of the Parliament on Monday, of which, 15... Published 07 Nov, 2023 06:33am
Editorials Parliament and judiciary EDITORIAL: The nation is much wiser about the respective positions and jurisdictions of parliament and the judiciary... Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am
Pakistan ‘Send teachers on deputation back to their parent departments’, orders Senate panel ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training, on Monday, categorically,... Published 10 Oct, 2023 06:19am
Print Core issues: PM advocates a ‘national dialogue’ Says parliament could play a leading role to ensure a healthy and prosperous society in the country Updated 10 Oct, 2023 09:47am
Editorials Supremacy of parliament? EDITORIAL: The Bandial Supreme Court’s last-ball-six, as it is being called, has indeed opened a can of worms, as... Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Print Price control, hoarding: President gives his assent to the bill ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, on Monday, gave his assent to “the Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering... Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:45am
Print Mystery shrouds fate of CCP bill ISLAMABAD: The fate of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 2022 remains shrouded in mystery as the Free... Updated 02 Sep, 2023 09:43am
Print No one challenged NAO amendments but a person who ran away from parliament, remarks Justice Mansoor ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah said no individual, institution, Bar Association or Council, or political... Updated 31 Aug, 2023 09:03am
Editorials Another new low EDITORIAL: Just when you feel that politicians and institutions running this country have had their fill of... Updated 23 Aug, 2023 06:44am
Print Waqar responds to President’s allegation ISLAMAABD: Hours after his removal’s request as secretary to the President, Waqar Ahmed on Monday issued a statement... Updated 22 Aug, 2023 09:38am
Print Disputing claim, law minister says Article 75 ‘very clear’ ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Law Minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam has said Article 75 of the constitution is “very clear” that the... Updated 21 Aug, 2023 08:30am
Pakistan SC verdict: ‘Dark justice’ unacceptable: PML-N ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), on Friday, reacted sharply to the apex court’s verdict, in which,... Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:53am