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Punjab Assembly on Thursday elected Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif as 24th Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab for the third time with 300 votes while his sole rival from PTI, Mehmood ur Rasheed got 34 votes. Polling for the Chief Minister was held during the Punjab Assembly session with Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan in the chair […]
Rana Muhammad Iqbal of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) was elected Punjab assembly speaker for the second time with absolute majority. Iqbal secured 297 votes while his rival Raja Rashid Hafeez of PTI bagged 35 votes. Other opposition parties had supported Hafeez. The polling was held in the building of Punjab Assembly in Lahore on Monday. […]
The National and Punjab assemblies are set to elect Speakers and Deputy Speakers later Monday. Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) fielded Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who had defeated Imran Khan in the election on Lahore seat. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) withdrew its candidates Yousuf Talpur for the speaker and Ghulam Rasool Koreja for the office of […]
Punjab assembly was dissolved on Wednesday hours after the chief minister Shahbaz Sharif sent a summary to Governor, Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Mahmud. Shehbaz Sharif had disagreed with other provinces on the date of the dissolution and sent the summary after the three assemblies had been dissolved. The chief minister had earlier sent a […]
In what appeared to be a blow for youngsters, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed the mobile companies to slash their night calling packages as these are proving to be a cause of social nuisance. The authority cited views conveyed by some segments of the society as the reasons behind the fresh directive. According […]
Seeking a halt to the proceedings of the commission on two new federating units, Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan will dispatch a letter to National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza. Earlier, Speaker NA Dr Fehmida Mirza formed a fourteen-member parliamentary commission to form guidelines for creating two new provinces, Bahawalpur and South Punjab. According […]
Following a lot of huffing and puffing in Punjab Assembly, everybody settled for what carried the appearance of a balanced resolution. In my view, it will be best interpretation of the unanimous resolution on the Seraiki and Bahawalpur provinces. It seems that the ongoing chest-thumping will be ended after passage of the resolution. Both the […]
Are educational activities all about creating heavy traffic mess on roads and halting important movements of gentle citizens for hours coupled with generating immense pollution? Yes this is so. Passing by Queen Mary Road, Lahore at morning and noon times, you experience long traffic jams and clouds of smoke causing cough. Why? Just because there […]
Punjab Assembly: New Hall of Shame In what appeared to be a new hall of shame in the Punjab Assembly, where members literally abused each in the worst possible language, and the Speaker was erasing the vituperations. Following a 20-minute of abusing session, the Speaker of the House left with no option but to suspend […]
Punjab Assembly bans musical concerts in public, private educational institutions In quite an unparallel move, the Punjab Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a ban on ‘objectionable’ musical concerts in the public and private educational institutions in the province. Seemal Kamran, the PML-Q MPA, tabled the resolution, seeking a ban on all concerts and musical […]
Imran asks Nawaz Sharif to show seriousness against government Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan has suggested PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif to show some seriousness against the government which was bent at ruining the country to the core. He was of the view that if the N-league chief was serious in his claims of standing with […]
Police is supposed to guard lives, honours and possessions of the people; no more no less. What the Pakistani police does is to guard its own interests on the expense of the legal rights of the helpless public. The biggest crime in Pakistan is posing to be a civilized citizen. The more you are morally […]
