Senate

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Vice Chairman Central Executive Committee Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday was elected unopposed as the Senate chairman after no other nomination papers were filed by the opposition…

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to address the joint session of the parliament on April 16 to mark the beginning of the parliamentary year following the general elections. The joint session of the parliament will be…

ISLAMABAD: Scrutiny of nomination papers for 48 Senate seats, including 12 each from Punjab and Sindh, 11 each from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and two from the federal capital, was completed on Tuesday. In the federal capital,…

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed on Friday urged the new government to take the country out of the current economic challenges by bringing all political parties on one page. In his farewell speech during the Senate’s last…

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in the Senate Ishaq Dar on Friday urged all political parties to get united and sign a Charter of Economy to get the country out of financial trap. In his farewell speech, the senator said that time has…

ISLAMABAD: A high-profile delegation from the Senate comprising Senator Khalida Ateeb, Senator Abida Azeem, Senator Keshoo Bai and Additional Secretary Hafeez Sheikh held a constructive and cordial meeting with Lord Qurban Hussain and…

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has dismissed the proposal to postpone the general elections, emphasising that the established polling date of February 8 was mutually determined. In a letter addressed to the Joint…

Islamabad: Caretaker Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi on Monday informed the Senate that the value of rupee has stabilised owing to the administrative measures of the incumbent government.…

ISLAMABAD: Senate on Monday deferred seven bills on the request of the relevant minister who was not present during the consideration. The deferred bills, related to the Ministry of Interior, included the Price Control and Prevention of…

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani informed the Senate on Friday that Pakistan had actively engaged in ending the Gaza crisis and resolution of the Palestine issue. Responding to a notice raised by Senator Mushtaq…