ISLAMABAD, May 11, 2012: Protests and walkouts by opposition parties and coalition partners interrupting regular proceedings, and low attendance of Senators marked the Senate’s 81st session, leaving 54% of the agenda items listed on the Orders of the Day unaddressed, says a Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) preliminary report on Friday.
ISLAMABAD, May 11, 2012: The fourth sitting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s 25th session, which met for two hours and 44 minutes, on Friday passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities Bill 2012.
A total of 34 Members (27% of total Membership) were present at
ISLAMABAD, May 10, 2012: The eighth sitting of Senate’s 81st session on Wednesday witnessed a walkout by the opposition PMLN over the Prime Minister’s conviction in the contempt case and a protest by a government ally, PML, over power outages and ministerial absence.
ISLAMABAD, May 9, 2012: Starting two hours and 20 minutes behind schedule, the first sitting of 37th session of the Punjab Assembly unanimously passed two Resolutions on restoring the Bahawalpur province and creating a new one in South Punjab. The sitting, which lasted an hour and 20 minutes on Wednesday, witnessed relatively better attendance of…
ISLAMABAD, May 9, 2012: Low attendance of Members, late starts, Points of Order interrupting regular proceedings and a brief discussion on law and order marked the Sindh Assembly’s 35th session as it adopted a Resolution backing the Prime Minister as democratically elected chief executive, says a
ISLAMABAD, May 9, 2012: The seventh sitting of Senate’s 81st session, which met for two hours and 17 minutes, witnessed walkouts by the opposition and the coalition partners of the government over the prime minister’s conviction and the provincial autonomy.
ISLAMABAD, May 8, 2012: Starting 120 minutes behind schedule, the ninth sitting of Sindh Assembly’s 35th session, which met for three hours and 45 minutes on Tuesday, debated the law and order in the province for 40 minutes. The sitting was marked by low attendance – 20 legislators were present at the start while 63…
A report based on the monitoring of 74 health facilities in as many districts across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, May 8: Of the 74 districts monitored in February, five reported 189 incidents of child mortality as compared to the preceding month when 157 children died in seven districts. Also, 51
ISLAMABAD, May 8, 2012: As the PMLN continued protest over the Prime Minister’s conviction in the contempt case, the sixth sitting of Senate’s 81st session, which met for two hours and 22 minutes, witnessed low attendance of Senators.
ISLAMABAD, May 8, 2012: The third sitting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s 25th session, which met for an hours and 50 minutes, on Tuesday passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Bill 2012 and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cessation of Payment of Arrears on Advance Increments on Higher