Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor has said that they were all a bit confused as to why this special session was called as bills the government have been talking about could have been introduced later.
After weeks of speculation, the government last week announced an agenda that included bills to be taken up for consideration and a discussion on "Parliamentary journey of 75 years starting from Samvidhan Sabha - achievements, experiences, memories and learnings".
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha questioned the Centre’s decision to call for a special Parliamentary session and said that there is nothing special about it as normal Bills are being brought in that could have waited till the Winter Session.
As the protests over inflated electricity bills in Pakistan continue, the Karachi chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, called for a citywide shutdown on Tuesday to protest against rising inflation and power tariff, ARY News reported.
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of PoK, united in their condemnation of what they perceive as highly inflated electricity bills that are putting undue financial strain on their households.
Amid protests raging across the country over inflated electricity bills, the residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Battagram on Saturday blocked a stretch of the Karakoram Highway near the Khatm-i-Nabuwat Chowk even as authorities cracked down on power theft, Dawn reported.
The Central government has listed a special discussion on Parliament’s 75-year journey, starting from the Samvidhan Sabha that first met on December 9, 1946, on the first day of the upcoming Special Session of Parliament, beginning on September 18.
As per the Parliamentary Bulletin, apart from the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, The Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023, The Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, and The Post Office Bill,
Amid the Pakistan public is agitating against the inflated electricity bills, a reports revealed that the Pakistan Prime Minister has unpaid PKR 9,819 in terms of electricity bills
Months after averting it, the US is again standing at the brink of total shutdown, if the Congress — struggling with the dispute between Democrats and Republicans — is not able to pass the spending bills before October 1, The Hill reported.