ISLAMABAD, June 25, 2012: About one-third posts of female Medical Officers (MOs) were unoccupied in 64 Rural Health Centers (RHCs) across the country, according to a Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) report on Monday.
Of the 76 sanctioned posts of female MOs
ISLAMABAD, June 25, 2012: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed the supplementary budget 2011-12 during the 13 sitting of the 26th session on Monday as the legislators withdrew the Cut Motions. The House also approved 29 grants for demands. A total of 60 Members (48% of total Membership) were present at the start, while 54(43%) were…
ISLAMABAD, June 25, 2012: Meeting for eight hours and 23 minutes, the Sindh Assembly passed the budget for the fiscal year 2012-13 along with the supplementary budget on Monday.
The 11th sitting of the 36 session, which
ISLAMABAD, June 23, 2012: Starting 45 minutes behind schedule, the last sitting of 38th session of the Punjab Assembly continued to witness low interest of Members in the proceedings as only seven were present at the start while 137 were there when the session prorogued. The Quorum, visibly lacking at various stages of the sitting,…
ISLAMABAD, June 23, 2012: Starting an hour and 33 minutes behind schedule, the tenth sitting of Sindh Assembly’s 36th session met for six hours and 23 minutes on Saturday.
Twenty-one MPAs – 13 PPPP, six MQM and one each of PMLF and NPP
The newly elected Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf served as Federal Minister for almost 36 months of his 51-month tenure as the Member of the 13th National Assembly. Between March 2008 and February 2011, he held the portfolio of Minister of Water and Power. He made
ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2012: Starting an hour and 30 minutes behind schedule, the 14th sitting of 38th session of the Punjab Assembly witnessed low attendance as only five Members (one % of the total membership of 369) were present at the start of the sitting and 70 were there when it was adjourned. The Quorum…
ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2012: Starting an hour and 38 minutes behind schedule, the ninth sitting of Sindh Assembly’s 36th session met for two hours on Friday. Nine MPAs – five PPPP, two MQM and one each of PMLF and PML (F-B) – debated the budget for 93 minutes (78% of the sitting time). However, the…
ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2012: Starting 47 minutes late, the 12th sitting of the ongoing session, which met for two hours and 10 minutes on Friday postponed the debate on Supplementary Grants.
The Chief Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Deputy Speaker and
ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2012: The 13th National Assembly elected the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday during the 43rd session. Earlier, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani was disqualified by the Supreme Court on June 19, 2012. Raja Pervaz Ashraf, the PPPP candidate and federal minister for Information Technology and former minister for Water and Power was elected as the premier of Pakistan.