The PTA chief was speaking at the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on IT, chaired by Palwasha Khan in Islamabad. The meeting focused on the ongoing regulation of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Pakistan. The committee expressed concerns about the absence of the Minister of State for IT for the third consecutive session and […]
While all eyes are on the White House race between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump, hundreds of congressional elections will determine how much of the next president’s agenda gets enacted. Jim Justice, the sitting Republican governor of West Virginia, emerged as an easy victor over his Democratic challenger in […]
Sania Nishtar, former special assistant to the PM in the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government, has submitted her resignation from the parliament seat in the Senate Secretariat, sources said. Sources said that Nishtar has submitted her resignation after joining a Geneva-based international organization. Sania Nishtar was elected senator on a seat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the […]
This was revealed in a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Industries headed by Senator Saifullah Abro. The meeting was also attended by officials of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). During the meeting, a major revelation was made by JUI-F Senator Kamran Murtaza. Murtaza claimed commercial banks in Pakistan earned Rs65 billion by […]
According to the sources, the ECP appointed seven polling officers each for the National Assembly and Punjab Assembly. The ECP appointed six polling officers each for the provincial assemblies of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The election watchdog also appointed four polling for the Balochistan Assembly. It is pertinent to mention here that Senate elections on […]
A second resolution asking for a postponement of the February 8 general elections owing to “security challenges” was filed with the Senate on Friday. Senator Hidayatullah of the Independent Parliamentary Group has presented the resolution to the Senate Secretariat. According to the resolution, this “House expresses deep concern over the continuous increase in the targeting […]
A important development is that an application for contempt of court was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday, raising a legal challenge against the Senate’s resolution voted on Friday to postpone the impending elections. The resolution was unexpectedly enacted in the midst of full-fledged election preparations, clouding the previously decided election date of February […]
