Moscow wants to strengthen bilateral relations, Russian Speaker tells Gillani Two sides discuss diplomatic, economic, and commercial relations Updated 28 Oct, 2024 11:40pm
Opinion 26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on... Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am
Print ‘Fazl tried to make constitutional amendment controversial’: Bilawal gives 26th Amendment passage credit to outgoing CJP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the 26th amendment has become part of... Updated 25 Oct, 2024 08:56am
Pakistan Parliament empowered to pick CJP ISLAMABAD: Government approved changes to the constitution on Monday, which included empowering parliament to pick... Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am
Opinion A hollow victory After much huffing and puffing during the last few days if not weeks, the government has finally managed to get the... Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am
Print NA, Senate sessions adjourned ISLAMABAD: After many delays from its scheduled time to begin the National Assembly session, especially summoned to... Updated 20 Oct, 2024 09:37am
Pakistan 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill: Govt accused of offering massive amounts of money to PTI MPs ISLAMABAD: As the controversial 26th constitutional amendment bill is set to be tabled in Parliament this week, the... Published 18 Oct, 2024 08:04am
Print ‘Constitutional amendment’: NA, Senate sessions likely tomorrow ISLAMABAD: The government has convened sessions of the National Assembly and the Senate on October 17 to seek... Updated 16 Oct, 2024 08:37am
Pakistan Scraping of 19th amendment demanded: Judges’ appointments only on seniority, performance: Fazl ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Friday, while demanding scraping of 19th... Published 12 Oct, 2024 06:17am
Print Bilawal says tabling amendments after 25th will be difficult ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari expressed his fear that the tabling of the... Updated 03 Oct, 2024 09:18am
Pakistan Fazl says existing parliament has no mandate to amend constitution PESHAWAR: Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman has said that the incumbent parliament ... Published 30 Sep, 2024 07:06am
Print Constitutional court proposal: Lawyers urge judges to distance themselves ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of lawyers from across the country on Sunday called upon the apex court and high courts judges... Updated 30 Sep, 2024 09:23am
Print NA panel approves amendment: Money Bill will be referred to finance panel before its passage ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, unanimously, approved the... Updated 28 Sep, 2024 09:20am
Opinion We, ‘those’ people Now I’m told that this ugly executive-judiciary fight threatens to unravel the sacrosanct “balance between... Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am
Pakistan Strategy aimed at re-appropriation, more allocation of funds notified ISLAMABAD: No supplementary grant for any additional unbudgeted spending over the parliamentary approved level shall... Updated 25 Sep, 2024 09:23am
Pakistan Election Act amendments invalidate SC verdict on reserved seats, NA Speaker tells ECP Ayaz Sadiq says protection of laws passed by Parliament and ensuring their enforcement are constitutional responsibilities of the ECP Updated 19 Sep, 2024 10:51pm
Opinion Ill-conceived gambit The government has shot itself in the foot by launching an ill-conceived and hurried attempt to bring in a spate of... Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am
Pakistan Constitutional amendment bill: Mengal demands release of missing persons ISLAMABAD: Balochistan National Party Mengal (BNP-M) Chief Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has demanded the release of... Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:08am
Print Govt fails to woo opposition ISLAMABAD: The government once again failed to woo opposition for supporting the proposed “constitutional package”,... Updated 16 Sep, 2024 08:52am
Pakistan Retirement age of judges: Govt poised to introduce legislation today: Asif ISLAMABAD: Amid rumours of constitutional amendments aiming to extend the retirement age of superior courts’... Published 14 Sep, 2024 07:35am
Print Legislation related to privatisation of loss-making SOEs: Minister says govt will need support of Parliament Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says loss-making state-owned enterprises causing one trillion rupees of 'drag' to the exchequer Updated 11 Sep, 2024 09:34am
Print Senate panel seeks details of 82 SOEs ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Devolution on Tuesday sought details of 82 state-owned enterprises... Updated 11 Sep, 2024 08:55am
Editorials AGP’s concerns about ‘poor financial affairs’ EDITORIAL: No wonder the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has expressed “serious concern” about the country’s... Published 31 Aug, 2024 06:55am
Pakistan Women, children: Senate panel concerned at rising crimes ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights expressed serious concerns on the rising number of crimes... Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am
Print ‘Fleecing by Islamic banks’: Senate panel seeks detailed briefing from SBP ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Wednesday, directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to provide... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 08:56am
Pakistan Govt to support bill seeking increase in number of SC judges? ISLAMABAD: The federal government will support a series of legislations of private members to increase the number of... Updated 28 Aug, 2024 09:02am
Pakistan Some controversial legislation: PTI seeks JUI-F support ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday sought the support of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F)... Published 24 Aug, 2024 06:36am
Editorials Planning and managing urbanisation EDITORIAL: The government didn’t really need the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to remind it that “planning and... Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:55am
Opinion Constitutionalism the only remedy “Even the most ardent purposivists must first and foremost primarily respect the actual text of a statute and should... Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am
Editorials Senate panel’s skepticism EDITORIAL: The Senate Functional Committee on Devolution presided over by Dr Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur expressed... Updated 12 Aug, 2024 07:23am