Joint sitting of parliament today: Anti-army chief smear campaign tops the agenda ISLAMABAD: The joint session of the Parliament will be held Wednesday (Mar 22) to discuss the political and economic... Updated 22 Mar, 2023 09:04am
Pakistan Media-related laws: NA body unhappy with proposed amendments ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday expressed its... Published 21 Mar, 2023 07:32am
Business & Finance Trade Marks Ordinance (Amendments) Bill, 2022: NA panel clears wording after talks with IPO top brass ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce on Tuesday cleared the wording of Trade Marks... Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am
Pakistan NA body asks divisions, depts to restore, regularise employees ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Special Committee on Affected Employees directed various divisions and departments... Updated 03 Mar, 2023 06:35am
Pakistan Pemra, PID, PBC, APP and other acts: Ministry directed to submit draft legislation approved by cabinet ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting directed the... Updated 03 Mar, 2023 07:15am
Business & Finance Jul-Dec FY23: IT and ITeS sector records $1.333bn remittances, NA told ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Monday that the country’s IT and Information Technology-Enabled... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
Pakistan MNAs condemn killing of woman, two sons ISLAMABAD: The lawmakers in National Assembly on Wednesday strongly condemned the brutal killing of a woman along... Published 23 Feb, 2023 05:52am
Print MoS Pasha optimistic about Ninth Review prospects ISLAMABAD: There is no likelihood of any further delay in the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary... Updated 21 Feb, 2023 12:39pm
Print Treasury accuses Alvi of violating constitution ISLAMABAD: The ruling coalition of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Monday accused President Dr Arif Alvi of... Updated 21 Feb, 2023 08:57am
Print Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023 adopted: NA acquiesces to IMF tax stipulation Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says bill proposed to minimise fiscal deficit Updated 21 Feb, 2023 12:01pm
Opinion The Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023: a comment General: The Finance Minister has laid Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 on the floor of the Parliament. (National... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Editorials Legislators must shed their complacency EDITORIAL: According to the Cambridge English Corpus, “Not only are legislators more powerful than electors, while... Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am
Print Rs601m for 7 PSDP projects approved by NA body ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing committee on Cabinet Secretariat approved Rs601.649 million for seven... Updated 15 Feb, 2023 09:05am
Pakistan LHC suspends acceptance of 43 PTI MNAs’ resignations LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday suspended the action of Speaker National Assembly accepting the... Published 09 Feb, 2023 06:02am
Pakistan By-elections on 33 NA seats on March 16: ECP ISLAMABAD: With the acceptance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers’ resignations last week, 113 National... Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am
Opinion Taxation of immovable property The National Assembly through the Finance Act 2012 amended section 37(5) of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 [“the... Updated 27 Jan, 2023 11:36pm
Pakistan Speaker accepts resignations of 35 more PTI MNAs ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday accepted 35 more resignations of the Pakistan... Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:15am
Pakistan Speaker accepts resignations of 35 PTI MNAs ISLAMABAD: A day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan, hinted at returning to the National... Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am
Print Bill for ‘equal salary, allowances’ introduced in NA ISLAMABAD: In a bid to bring an end to discrimination, exploitation, and inconsistent pay packages in government... Updated 18 Jan, 2023 08:49am
Pakistan Interim set-up: IK hints at PTI’s return to NA LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that they may return to the National Assembly to... Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:55am
Pakistan NA body told: One window operation in all EOBI offices in the offing ISLAMABAD: Employees Old Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Overseas... Published 05 Jan, 2023 05:58am
Pakistan Qureshi directs PTI MNAs to hand in handwritten resignations ISLAMABAD: As Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has hinted at accepting the resignations of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)... Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am
Editorials ‘A scar on society’s face’ EDITORIAL: It’s been four years when the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed by Parliament, ... Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am
Print NA passes foreign investment protection bill ISLAMABAD: Despite strong protests by treasury lawmakers including a sitting federal minister, the National Assembly... Updated 13 Dec, 2022 09:40am
Print Asif informs NA: Afghan govt apologises over Chaman incident ISLAMABAD: Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that the interim government in Kabul has apologised... Published 13 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Pakistan Bhandara hosts luncheon for members of minority communities ISLAMABAD: Former member of the National Assembly Isphanyar Bhandara organised a lavish luncheon in honour of the... Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am
Print FY22 trade with US soars 38.3pc to $10.5bn YoY, NA told ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce, Naveed Qamar Friday informed the National Assembly that bilateral trade... Updated 03 Dec, 2022 10:01am
Print Imran’s unresolved difficulty leaves him absolutely frustrated Instead of marching to Islamabad, he decides to quit all assemblies Updated 27 Nov, 2022 09:39am
Pakistan Imran rules out possibility of returning to NA ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has ruled out the possibility of rejoining the ... Published 04 Oct, 2022 06:56am
Editorials Rights of transgender persons EDITORIAL: When Parliament passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018, it was widely hailed as ... Published 03 Oct, 2022 05:52am