ISLAMABAD, February 25, 2013: Political violence in the country claimed the lives of 163 people in 37 incidents between February 16 and 22, 2013, up from preceding week\’s 106 and 89 the week before, says the Free and Fair Election Network.
Another 225 people were injured. Two of the 37 incidents
DetailsISLAMABAD, February 25, 2013: The sixth sitting of Senate’s 91st session witnessed passage of three private members’ bills amid low attendance of Senators. Six were present at outset and 26 at the adjournment whereas a maximum of 36 Senators was observed at one time.
DetailsISLAMABAD, February 22, 2013: Starting 51 minutes late, the fifth sitting of 91st session which met for an hour and six minutes on Friday witnessed relatively higher members attendance as sixty senators were present at the outset while 25 at the adjournment.
DetailsISLAMABAD, February 22, 2013: Starting 30 minutes late, the fifth sitting of the ongoing National Assembly session witnessed low attendance of Members. Only 47 members (14% of the total membership) were present at the outset while 67 were there at the time of adjournment.
ISLAMABAD, February 21, 2013: Amid protests by opposition benches (PMLN) and government coalition partner (MQM), the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (PIMS) Islamabad Bill 2013 was passed by the National Assembly during the fourth sitting of the ongoing session, says Free and Fair Election Network.
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A significant increase of 80% was recorded in cases of measles in November – 247 cases reported in 17 districts as compared to 137 in 16 districts in the preceding month. Measles is considered highly contagious and chances of infection increase in late winter and spring.
DetailsISLAMABAD, February 21, 2013: Starting 37 minutes late, the fourth sitting of 91st session which met for only 22 minutes on Thursday, witnessed low attendance of Senators. Only five senators were present at the outset while 22 were there at the adjournment.
The Leader of the House did not attend
DetailsISLAMABAD, February 21, 2013: Starting two hours and 29 minutes late, the 11th sitting of the Sindh Assembly’s session passed the Sindh (Repeal of the Sindh Peoples Local Government Act 2012 and revival of the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 1979 Bill 2013.
The MQM legislators, who protested
DetailsISLAMABAD, February 20, 2013: Starting an hour and 25 minutes late, the third sitting of the ongoing 50th National Assembly session continued to witness low attendance of Members. Only 63 were present at the outset while 27 were there at the adjournment.
The
DetailsISLAMABAD, February 20, 2013: Starting an hour and 27 minutes, the 10th sitting of the ongoing Sindh Assembly’s session, which met for three hours and seven minutes, witnessed low attendance of members. Forty-two members were present at the outset, while 66 were there at the adjournment.
The
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