NA panels: Govt, opposition agree on ‘power-sharing’ formula ISLAMABAD: After months of delay, the government and the opposition agreed on a power-sharing formula for the... Updated 26 Apr, 2024 09:00am
Pakistan By-elections: official results awaited for 21 national and provincial seats Official results are awaited as the counting of votes is under way in 21 national and provincial constituencies... Updated 21 Apr, 2024 10:15pm
Pakistan Abusive language: Speaker suspends membership of two PTI-backed SIC members ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, on Friday, suspended the memberships of two members of... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
World 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
