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Balochistan dam projects face major delays, funding woes
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives has voiced worry about the delays in dam construction in Balochistan, which are mostly the result of financial problems and growing project expenses
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Pakistan Senate panel approves bill criminalising Black Magic, mandates li
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Interior has unanimously approved a bill imposing up to seven years in prison for practicing or promoting black magic. The legislation also mandates that spiritual healers obtain a license from the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
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Pakistan Election Commission excuses itself from sharing information with
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Senate body's session held under the chair of Senator Mohammad Humayun Mohmand on Tuesday sought details regarding the salaries of the electoral watchdog members and employees, as well as their travel expenses and the expenditures for the February 8 nationwide polls.
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Pakistan: Parliamentary committee expresses concern over production qualit
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
These concerns regarding drug production were raised during the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (SCNHSRC), chaired by Pakistani Senator Amir Waliuddin Chishti, at the Parliament House.
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Pakistan plans to regulate VPN, Opposition-civil society cry foul
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
During the Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat meeting, Rehman said that once the policy is in place, only whitelisted VPNs will be operational in Pakistan, while all others will be blocked.
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Over 23,000 Pakistani nationals jailed in foreign prisons: Report
Updated : 2 years ago IST
According to the data, 23,456 Pakistani citizens were imprisoned in foreign countries, including 15,587 convicts and 7,869 under-trial prisoners.
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"We would like to invest here," says Thailand Parliamentary delegation on
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Thailand Parliamentary delegation and Chairwoman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Pikulkaew Krairiksh, visited Indian Parliament on Thursday and stressed that Thailand would like to invest in some projects, hoping that India might be interested
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Pak Senate panel approves bill for public hanging of rapists despite oppos
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior, led by Senator Mohsin Aziz, deliberated on these changes to remove section D and introduce public hangings as a punishment for rapists, following the high-profile gang-rape incident on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway in September 2020.
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"90 pc of beggars" apprehended abroad belongs to Pakistan: Senate Standing
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As many as 90 per cent of beggars arrested in foreign countries belongs to Pakistan, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan-Taliban ties: From strategic depth to strategic menace
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US exit from Afghanistan had bolstered Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) activities with its base in the war-torn country still intact, Pakistan's counter-terrorism authority in Islamabad told the country's Senate Standing Committee on Interior earlier this month. The TTP gained considerab
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Pakistani senator Farooq Naek calls for revisiting Afghan policy after sur
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
During Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Naek expressed serious reservations over the attack on the Pakistani head of mission in Kabul earlier this month, Dawn newspaper reported.
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Imran's security cost Pak govt whopping PKR 240 mn
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): During a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior held on Wednesday, Islamabad Inspector General of Police Akbar Nasir Khan has withdrawn security of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan as he claimed that the government spent R
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