Pakistan Parliament
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Pakistan parliament passes anti-terror law
World | Jul 03, 2014, 06:54 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan's parliament Wednesday adopted a long awaited anti-terror law to deal effectively with insurgents who are fighting against the country's security forces.The Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014 allows the security forces to shoot suspects
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Pakistan parliament supports 'struggle' of Kashmiri people
World | Aug 14, 2013, 07:27 AM ISTIslamabad: Even as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif talks of peace with India, Pakistan's National Assembly yesterday passed a resolution accusing Indian troops of "unprovoked aggression" on the LoC and extending support to the "struggle" of
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India is being kicked around internationally: Jaitley
National | Mar 16, 2013, 07:02 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 15 : India should seriously forget normalising ties with Pakistan and walking even an “extra inch”, BJP said today, as it slammed the Government's foreign policy over the way the country was
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Pak opposition rejects government's list for caretaker PM
World | Mar 15, 2013, 04:16 PM ISTIslamabad, Mar 15: Pakistan's main opposition PML-N party today stepped up the ante in negotiations for choosing a caretaker Prime Minister to oversee the upcoming polls by rejecting all three candidates proposed by the government.
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Pak Parliament to meet on Friday to elect new PM
World | Jun 20, 2012, 04:39 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 20: A special session of Pakistan Parliament will be convened on Friday to elect a new premier following Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's disqualification by the Supreme Court.Pakistan People's Party leader Khursheed Shah,
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Pak Parliament turns into boxing ring
World | Jun 02, 2012, 02:43 PM ISTIslamabad, Jun 2: Pakistani opposition lawmakers and members of the treasury benches on Friday engaged in fisticuffs as finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh presented the government's new budget in parliament amidst uproar. Members of the
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Pakistan Parliament Approves Resolution On US Ties
World | Apr 13, 2012, 09:32 AM ISTIslamabad, Apr 13: Pakistan's parliament yesterday unanimously approved a resolution for resetting the country's troubled relations with the US, calling for an “immediate cessation” of American drone strikes and an apology for the killing of
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Pakistan Parliament Demands End To US Drone Strikes
World | Mar 21, 2012, 12:09 PM ISTIslamabad, Mar 21: A Pakistani parliamentary commission demanded on Tuesday an end to American drone attacks inside the country and an apology for deadly US airstrikes in November as part of a review of its
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Parliament Should Decide Presidential Immunity Issue, Says Gilani
World | Mar 20, 2012, 07:24 AM ISTIslamabad, Mar 20: Two days ahead of a Supreme Court deadline for reviving graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday refused to act in the matter and said