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Frustrated with US agency's refusal to investigate grant to terrorism link
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a letter to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Samantha Power, demanded a full review.
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Pak govt increases development funds for lawmakers by 30 pc amid economic
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Despite facing severe foreign exchange shortage and being under economic crisis, the government of Pakistan has ordered a massive hike of 30 per cent in development funds to PKR 90 billion for Parliamentarians, according to Dawn.
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Pakistan: National Assembly speaker approves resignations of 43 more from
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf approved the resignation of over 40 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers in the lower house, according to Geo News citing sources.
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44 PTI lawmakers to withdraw resignation from Pakistan's National Assembly
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Asad Umar stated that the decision has been taken as per the instructions of PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
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PM Modi is one of the most powerful persons on planet: UK lawmaker
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
During the debate on "The Importance of the Relationship Between the United Kingdom and India," Lord Bilimoria said India has now overtaken the UK and is the fifth largest economy in the world and is also the fastest-growing large economy in the world, with 1.4 billion people.
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Pakistan National Assembly Speaker accepts resignations of 35 more PTI law
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The PTI lawmakers had resigned from the lower house of the parliament after PTI chief Imran Khan's ouster in April 2022 but the National Assembly Speaker had accepted only 11 of the resignations then.
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Nepal's Communist Party lawmaker Dev Raj Ghimire elected as House Speaker
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
At least 100 votes were cast against him, while one lawmaker abstained. Just 138 votes were required for a win in the 275-strong lower house.
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Bill tabled in US House to terminate Pakistan's 'Non-NATO ally' status
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A US lawmaker has introduced a bill titled "To terminate the designation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally, and for other purposes" in the US Congress that seeks to cancel the designation of Pakistan as a Major non-NATO Ally (MNNA).
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Canadian lawmakers call for Afghan women MPs to be brought to Canada
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
After former Afghan parliamentarian Mursal Nabizada, was shot dead in Kabul on Sunday, a group of Canadian Members of Parliament called for immediate action to bring eight Afghan women MPs who are left behind in complete desperation in Kabul as the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and Tali
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Pakistan: Protests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swabi over flour shortage, infl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Jamaat-i-Islami leaders said that lawmakers were accusing each other of the country's difficult situation and not taking measures for people's welfare.
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Pakistan: Punjab Assembly stands dissolved as governor refuses to sign sum
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A notification posted on his Twitter handle read that the Provincial Assembly of Punjab and the Cabinet stand dissolved under Article 112(1) of the Constitution of Pakistan. It calls for the appointment of a caretaker Chief Minister in consultation with the outgoing Chief Minister and the Le
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Pakistan National Assembly bans entry of YouTubers, TikTokers, social medi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan National Assembly Secretariat has taken the decision after misbehaviour with lawmakers by some unauthorised YouTuber/social media influencers at the gate of Parliament House in December.
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