President Asif Ali Zardari will address the joint sitting of the Parliament on Monday, which will be his sixth address to the parliament during his five year tenure.Special passes have been issued for the auspicious occasion to kick-off at 04:00pm, to be held amid tight security measures, as ...

SYDNEY - Fawad Ahmed moved one step closer to an Ashes call-up on Thursday when a bill was introduced to federal parliament that could alter Australia's citizenship laws. Under the current system, Ahmed is unable to obtain an Australian passport until August, shortly before the final Ashes Test, ...

ISLAMABAD -The PML-N’s incoming government would be facing stiff opposition in the National Assembly and the Senate ostensibly because of unfriendly provincial governments of PPPP and PTI in Sindh and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa having more autonomy courtesy the 18th Constitutional ...

MIRPUR (AJK)The Norwegian Parliament has conducted an important debate for the second time in a year, emphasizing the need for settlement of the Kashmir conflict, said a press communiqué issued by AJK PID here on Saturday.“An earlier debate was held in September 2012 when the Norwegian ...

ISLAMABAD -After issuing final notices to the 141 MNAs who are not ready to vacate family suites of Parliament Lodges, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to take action against them.With the assistance of Islamabad police, this operation will start tomorrow (Monday), Deputy ...

ANKARA : Turkey's parliament on Friday passed a controversial law restricting the consumption and advertising of alcohol in the predominantly Muslim country.The law prohibits alcoholic beverage companies from sponsoring events and restricts the places where such drinks can be consumed. It also bans ...

islamabadThe May 13 election results were equally surprising and interesting with different aspects, as the religio-political parties of the country except its two major factions Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islami (JUI-F), might not able to even mark it presence neither in National ...

islamabadSince the May 2013 election results surprised political pundits, the most of the kith and kin belonging to big dynasties, who were contesting against one another, though received major upsets yet succeeded in keeping their seats within their families. Several candidates representing famous ...

LONDON : A deputy speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of raping one man and sexually assaulting another, according to media reports. Media said Nigel Evans, a lawmaker in Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party, was being questioned over ...

Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi called on Monday for the cabinet to resign and for early elections to be held, as a seven-day wave of violence killed more than 230 people in Iraq.The initiative is aimed at "national reconciliation and maintaining the gains of democracy," as well as "sparing the ...

SYDNEY (VOA)  - A Pakistan-born migrant is to become the first Muslim woman to serve in an Australia parliament.Mehreen Faruqi, a prominent figure in environmental engineering, has been chosen by the New South Wales Greens to fill a vacancy in the upper house of the state legislature. She ...

ISLAMABAD -Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Friday made it clear that the judiciary had never tried to assume the role of the executive or legislature and always acted within its constitutional domain.Addressing the inaugural session of three-day Intentional Judicial Conference from April ...

ROME (Reuters): Italy's parliament failed to elect a new state president in its first vote on Thursday, with divisions in the centre-left alliance torpedoing a quick victory for its official candidate Franco Marini.Marini, a former Senate speaker, won just over 520 votes, well below the required ...

CAIRO (Reuters/AFP) - Egypt’s parliament approved a revised election law on Thursday setting the rules for lower house parliamentary polls due to be held later this year, but critics are concerned the new statute will not guarantee a fair vote.The Islamist-led upper house will now send the ...

The unfolding of the scandal of the parliamentarians managing to reach to the highest corridor of the power with fake degrees has sent a wave of shock to the nation and undermined the democratic profile of the country in comity of the nations. We should be eternally grateful to Dr Tahirul Qadri for ...

KARACHI - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan Karachi Chief Aslam Ghauri claimed that the historic conference at Minar-e-Pakistan has proved that JUI would be the largest religio-political party of the parliament after winning the upcoming general election.He stated these views while talking to the ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pleaded with opposition parties on Wednesday to allow parliament to function during a session that begins this week, when the government plans to present the annual budget and legislation on economic reform.The last two sessions of ...

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday said only the Parliament and political forces had the powers to take political and administrative decisions.Addressing a press conference here, Kaira said, “We welcome all the parties, which want to do politics according ...

LAHORE-Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa on Friday said that he held the Parliament in high esteem as it was the mother of all institutions. Talking to a delegation of Photo Journalists Association at the Governor House, he said that he had been quoted out of context about his statement on 18th ...

Islamabad – President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that the parliament had decided that the president should have a certain political role. Addressing 2nd ‘Leaders of tomorrow’ conference in Islamabad, the president said though parliament had all executive powers, it had ...

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Parliament has failed to make apt counterterrorism laws required to stamp out the militancy.The interior minister briefed both houses of the Parliament separately regarding law and order situation particularly with reference to the situation ...

ISLAMABAD  - Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Tuesday that Parliament was the supreme institution in the country as it represents the will of the people.“There is no doubt that the Supreme Court is the apex court in the country, but when we talk about ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that parliament is the mother of all institutions and a symbol of collective wisdom. Addressing a ceremony organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association in Islamabad on Thursday‚ the premier said that democracy was existing in the ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that parliament is the mother of all institutions and a symbol of collective wisdom.Addressing a function of Supreme Court Bar Association in Islamabad on Thursday‚ he said that democracy is achieved in the country after great sacrifices.He said that ...

Pakistan’s Ambassador to United States (US) Sherry Rehman has said that US understands that all the major decisions on internal and external issues are now being taken in the Parliament.Talking to a private television channel, Sherry Rehman was of the view that when she took charge as ...

ISLAMABAD – Residents of the federal capital have demanded of the Parliament to ban Shisha smoking (a delicious killer) at restaurants, cafes and other public places, as it is extremely injurious to health.A senior citizen, Kashif Mahmood, told this agency that most of the five star and other ...

MOSCOW - Russia’s lower house of parliament Friday stripped a leading anti-Vladimir Putin deputy of his mandate, in an unusual move critics said was revenge for his scathing criticism of the Kremlin. The State Duma voted 291 in favour with 150 against and three abstentions to strip A Just ...

Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan‚ Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo has said the present Parliament will complete its five years constitutional terms. He was addressing a public gathering near Dipalpur on Sunday. He said Pakistan Peoples Party and its allies will emerge victorious in ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the federation’s request of a full court to hear the petitions against the recently passed contempt of court law.A five-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Shakirullah Jan, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said the parliament is the mother of all institutions as country's solidarity and destiny lies in accepting of its sanctity and supremacy wholeheartedly.He expressed these views while presiding meeting of the PPP parliamentarians from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and ...