Boycott by Opposition Benches Low Attendance Observed ISLAMABAD, November 6, 2013: Marked by low attendance and boycott by Opposition Benches, the Senate left the entire agenda items listed on the Orders of the Day unaddressed during the 8th sitting of the Senate’s ongoing 98th session, says the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Wednesday.…
ISLAMABAD, November 6, 2013: Marked by low attendance and boycott by Opposition Benches, the Senate left the entire agenda items listed on the Orders of the Day unaddressed during the 8th sitting of the Senate’s ongoing 98th session, says the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD, November 6, 2013: Starting 10 minutes late, the National Assembly continued debate on the recent drone attacks in North Waziristan Agency during the third sitting of the ongoing sixth session, says Free and Fair Election Network on Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD, November 5, 2013: The tribunals set up to resolve election complaints had disposed of 65 of the 339 cases heard until September 30, 2013. However save for one, all of these cases were disposed of on technical grounds, said a press release
ISLAMABAD, November 5, 2013: The Senate observed lack of quorum in the seventh sitting of ninety-eighth session as the House did not take up the agenda except questions on the list of business. All opposition parties, excluding the MQM, continued boycott for the fourth consecutive sitting on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD, November 5, 2013: The Lower House continued debate on American drone attacks during the second sitting of the sixth session on Tuesday. Nine members shared their views on the subject. Two JUIF MNAs and one member each from PPPP, AMLP, MQM, JI, PMLN, PTI and an independent member took part in the debate which consumed two hours and 49 minutes of the proceedings.
ISLAMABAD, November 04, 2013: The eighth session of the Sindh Assembly was prorogued as the House passed the Gorakh Hills Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2013 in its third sitting, on Monday.
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs moved the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Bill, 2013. The House sent the above mentioned government
ISLAMABAD, November 4, 2013: The Senate passed a resolution moved by an MQM senator recommending “the federal government to take effective steps to eradicate child labour in the country” as all the opposition parties, excluding the MQM, continued its boycott for
ISLAMABAD, November 4, 2013: The National Assembly suspended the regular agenda on the Orders of the Day to debate the American drone attacks during the first sitting of the sixth session, on Monday.
ISLAMABAD, November 4, 2013: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, on Monday, adopted a resolution to urge the federal government to stop the US drone Attacks in Pakistan, during the first sitting of the eighth session. The resolution was tabled by the Information Minister whereof the assembly gave the federal government a deadline till the 20th of…