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Pakistan: National Assembly seeks probe into death of minister
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan's National Assembly passed a resolution for a proper investigation into the death of Religious Affairs minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor in an accident in Islamabad on Saturday, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan National Assembly rejects motion seeking supplementary sum of Rs
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Pakistan Supreme Court last week directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to "allocate and release" Rs 21 bn by April 17 for elections in two provinces from the Federal Consolidated Fund (FCF) "lying under its control and management".
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Pakistan Senate passes bill to curtail Chief Justice's suo moto powers
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The bill was moved in the Senate on Thursday after the Pakistan National Assembly approved the bill on March 29.
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Pakistan President raises questions over timing of bill aimed at curbing C
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan's President Arif Alvi on Wednesday admitted that there was "some need to streamline" Supreme Court's internal matters but he questioned the timing and manner of Pakistan's government's bid to curb the power of the Chief Justice to take suo moto notice in an individual capacity, Dawn
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Pakistan National Assembly passes bill to curtail Chief Justice's suo moto
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, curtailing the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo moto notice in an individual capacity. The Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan Law Minister tables bill in NA to curtail powers of Chief Justice
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan's Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday tabled the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023 aimed to limit the discretionary powers to take suo motu notice by the chief justice of Pakistan, Geo News reported.
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As Pak politicians quarrel in National Assembly, power-starved people prot
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The country's north suffers the worst. The area despite being water-surplus has run dry on electricity because only a fourth of the power is sourced from the hydel systems. The country's planners have placed their emphasis on the difficult-to-find and expensive fossils.
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Pakistan facing net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons, says food m
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan National Assembly member and Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema in a statement during question hour in the upper house of parliament said that Islamabad, at present, is facing a net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons, pointing out at the Sout
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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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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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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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