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Punjab: LoP Partap Singh Bajwa hits out at AAP over problem in nomination
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly and Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa hit out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) reagrding the complications being faced by candidates in filing nominations for the Panchayat election scheduled to take place on October 15.
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Congress's Partap Singh Bajwa slams govt for 'running away' from issues; s
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The three-day session of the Punjab Assembly began on Monday and is scheduled to end on Wednesday.
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Punjab Assembly bypoll: AAP's Mohinder Bhagat expresses gratitude after vi
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Jalandhar West assembly by-poll candidate Mohinder Bhagat won the Jalandhar West assembly seat by defeating his nearest rival and BJP nominee Sheetal Angural by a margin of more than 37,000 votes.
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Pak: Opposition to boycott Punjab Assembly session
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed opposition in the Punjab Assembly has declared its intention to boycott the house proceedings and abstain from participating in its standing committees. Instead, they plan to conduct a parallel session in a tent outside the assembly building, Dawn reported
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Pakistan: Opposition in Punjab Assembly holds its own session, pledge not
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Opposition lawmakers from the PTI (Sunni Ittehad Council) and ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers have been at loggerheads after 11 opposition members were suspended for 15 sittings due to "rowdyism" during Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz's address on Friday.
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Pak: CM of Punjab province slams 'abuse of power' in previous regime by cu
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Maryam Nawaz was addressing a session of the Punjab Assembly on the budget for the financial year 2025 under chair of Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan when a ruckus broke out in the House.
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Pak: PTI’s Parvez Elahi gets bail in ‘illegal appointment’ case, released
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Incarcerated for 11 months, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Parvez Elahi was released from Kot Lakhpat jail on Tuesday night after the Lahore High Court (LHC) granted him bail and ordered his release in a case pertaining to an alleged illegal appointment made in the Punjab Assembly
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Pak human rights body raises concerns over defamation bill proposed in Pun
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
HRCP has consistently decried special parallel judicial structures because they invariably violate fundamental rights and other universally accepted norms governing the fair functioning of the judiciary.
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Pakistan: Punjab parliament passes 'Defamation Bill 2024' amid opposition
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Punjab Assembly on Monday passed the Defamation Bill, 2024, rejecting all amendments proposed by the opposition amid protests by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Sunni Ittehad Council and journalists covering parliamentary proceedings.
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Pakistan: Punjab Assembly speaker suspends 27 lawmakers on reserved seats
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Out of the 27 members, 23 belonged to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The other four members included two from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and one each from the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).
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Pakistan: Police arrests several farmers amid protests against wheat procu
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The protesters, led by Kissan Ittehad Pakistan, gathered at the GPO Chowk on The Mall and tried to march towards the Punjab Assembly, where a heavy contingent of police intercepted them.
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Pakistan: Opposition boycotts Punjab assembly over wheat procurement polic
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Opposition members in the Punjab Assembly boycotted house proceedings on Friday to show solidarity with wheat growers. They also announced plans to launch a protest on Monday against what they termed the poor wheat procurement policy of the incumbent government.
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