Decision on key ECP appointments expected today
Shahbaz sends amended list of nominees for chief election commissioner to PM.
Iftikhar A. Khan
Support to US-Taliban talks be linked with FATF case withdrawal: PPP senator
Says the US should show courtesy of withdrawing the unnecessary case which was highly discriminatory against Pakistan.
PM suggests three names to Shahbaz for CEC slot
ISLAMABAD: Deadlock over the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and two members of the Election...
318 MPs suspended over failure to declare assets
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday suspended membership of 318 lawmakers over failure...
Over 300 lawmakers fail to submit asset statements
The Election Commission of Pakistan is set to suspend the membership of the lawmakers.
Opposition senators block immediate passage of seven bills
Insist bills go to standing committees first.
Auto industry comes under fire in Senate
"Companies keep increasing prices and fail to meet their commitments," says senator.
Over 196,000 slum dwellers among govt housing plan applicants
Over 0.748m (38pc) of the applicants are from labour class and 0.425m (21pc) are private sector employees.
Opposition, govt senators trade barbs over gas shortage
Some treasury members join protest over gas crisis in Balochistan.
Senate brings curtain down on tenure bills episode
Three key bills passed with a majority vote in 22-minute session • NP, PkMAP, JI members stage protest • JUI-F senators
NA passes tenure bills without a murmur
• Bills on services chiefs term land in Senate • PPP withdraws amendments • PM makes a rare appearance in National
Pakistan urges ME conflict parties to exercise restraint
• Foreign minister assures parliament country won’t become part of regional row • Says Mahathir not annoyed with
Sanjrani asks FM to brief Senate on ME developments on Monday
Govt in process of internal consultation to prepare reaction to Iranian commander’s killing, upper house told.
Senators engage in heated debate over Musharraf conviction
"The case against Gen Musharraf is political in nature. He is in no way guilty of treason," says MQM lawmaker
Minister offers opposition accord on ‘common agenda’
ISLAMABAD: As the opposition slammed the government for skyrocketing price hike, ignoring parliament and making...
Two houses of parliament convened on 24-hour notice
Govt says decision made to take legislature into confidence over recent developments.
Govt nominee for top ECP office retires today
He will be replaced by Zafar Iqbal Hussain, currently serving as the provincial election commissioner, Punjab.
LG polls without census notification open to legal challenges: experts
"Even the process leading to the elections will be questionable and would require a constitutional amendment."
PML-N assails Imran over remarks about media
Firdous says PML-N initiated ‘lifafa culture’
Every fourth district in Punjab to have a metropolitan corporation
The minimum population benchmark for a city to be classified as metropolitan has been set at a quarter million.