ISLAMABAD - The Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Arif Nizami has assured the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) his unequivocal support in resolving their issues through dialogue and mutual consultation. During a meeting on Thursday held at PEMRA Headquarters Islamabad with the ...

National Assembly (NA)  has unanimously adopted a resolution to condemn the targeted killing of volunteers especially female workers in anti-polio campaign in Karachi and Peshawar.Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi presided over the National Assembly session, which opened with the ...

QUETTA – Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, after getting annoyed over criticisim of law and order situation in the provincial assembly, said he was ready to quit for the person who could improve the situation.He made this offer during a debate on a resolution regarding the law ...

ISLAMABAD - Parliamentarians across the spectrum believe that the resolution, adopted by the National Assembly on deweaponisation of the country, would unlikely to make any headway like over a dozen resolutions adopted by the Parliament since its inception.The MPs from opposition benches are of the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Upper House of the Parliament on Monday passed a unanimous resolution condemning in strongest terms the anti-Islam film stating that the airing of the movie seemed to be a vilification campaign to malign Islam, Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Holy Quran.The resolution moved by ...

QUETTA - The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday passed a condemnation resolution against the profane film produced in the US, and called for serious steps by the government to prevent the occurrence of such provocative actions in the future.The resolution was moved by senior parliamentarian and ...

AHMEDPUR EAST - The people's representatives of Chani Goth held a meeting to find a solution to the lynching of an alleged blasphemer outside a police station.  An unidentified man was burnt alive close to a police station on Tuesday evening (July 3, 2012), in the Chani Ghoth area of ...

LAHORE – A resolution has been presented in the Punjab Assembly to the effect of obtaining written statement from all civil servants in the jurisdiction of federal and the provincial government that they did not hold dual nationality. The resolution jointly moved by MPAs Nawabzada Sayed Shams ...

KHAIRPUR TAMEWALI - Former federal information minister and leader of the movement for restoration of the provincial status of Bahawalpur Mohammed Ali Durrani has greeted all the members of the Punjab Assembly for the unanimous passage of a resolution, espousing the restoration of Bahawalpur ...

BAHAWALPUR - People including politicians hailing from the PML-N, PPP, PTI and others parties on Wednesday express their happiness over the resolution unanimously passed by the Punjab Assembly for the restoration of Bahawalpur province.They termed it an encouraging step for the betterment of the ...

ISLAMABAD - A resolution presented by a convicted prime minister in the National Assembly is unconstitutional and against the 18th constitutional amendment, stated former information minister Mohammed Ali Durrani in a statement issued here on Thursday.The leader of the Restoration of Bahawalpur ...

By TABEENA TAHIR HAYATThe Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Lahore), commonly known as the Pakistan Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan) was a formal political statement adopted by the Muslim League at the occasion of its three-day general session on March 22-24, at Minto Park (now called Iqbal Park), ...

KARACHI - Thin attendance during the Sindh Assembly’s Thursday session, when the 101st International Women’s Day was to be commemorated, showed how very much “our male MPAs” care for the rights of women and their emancipation. Nevertheless, the House unanimously adopted a ...

BAHAWALPUR - The PTI District Women Wing Thursday took out a protest rally to condemn the US resolution over Balochistan and termed it a clear interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs.The protest rally, headed by PTI South Punjab Organiser Dr Rubina, marched on the Circular Road. The ...

M Afzaal Hameed AND Baqaul MohsinBAHAWALPUR - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has criticised the policies of the incumbent rulers and alleged that the dictated policies are part of a well-planned conspiracy against Islam, Pakistani nation and country. These ...

LAHORE - Governor Latif Khosa has convened a Punjab Assembly session on Friday at 3 pm. The Assembly is likely to adopt a resolution against the US Congress for its act of moving a resolution against Balochistan province. Three main political parties, the PML-N, PPP and PML-Q have already submitted ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - Expressing strong resentment over the reported movement of the Balochistan resolution in US House of Representatives seeking ‘grant of right to self-determination’ to the people in Balochistan, seasoned Kashmiri leader and President Jammu Kashmir Liberation League Justice ...

LAHORE – A faction of Jamhoori Watan Party led by late Nawab Akbar Bugti’s son Talal Bugti has announced boycotting the All Parties Conference (APC) called by the Prime Minister to resolve the issues of Balochistan and expressed no objection over the US congressmen resolution on ...

QUETTA - National Party (NP) President Senator Dr Abdul Malik Baloch warned if the “kill-and-dump” incidents were not stopped and the Balochistan issue was not addressed seriously then Europe would also join the chorus. Talking to TheNation on Monday, he said that the resolution in US ...

Our Staff reporterKHANEWAL - Former foreign minister and Vice Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said that US Congress resolution about Balochistan was a blatant interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs. He said that the sacrifices of Baloch people ...

LAHORE – The members of Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust’s Board of Governors on Sunday condemned a US resolution regarding the so-called freedom of Balochistan. “It is an effort to divide Pakistan,” they said during a meeting, which also stressed upon the Pakistan government to ...

KHANEWAL - Former foreign minister and Vice Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said that US Congress resolution about Balochistan was a blatant interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs. He said that the sacrifices of Baloch people against the war on ...

ISLAMABAD – Describing the resolution on Balochistan tabled in the US House of Representatives as a positive step, former chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal has expressed surprise over the reaction the move has generated in Pakistan.Talking to the BBC, Mengal said it was astonishing so much ...

LAHORE– Federal Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan has termed the US resolution on Balochistan a serious conspiracy which was expected after trilateral talks of Pakistan, Iran and Afghan heads. The government will not give countenance to any foreign intervention in the internal affairs ...

ISLAMABAD - Following the fierce criticism by Pakistan over the resolution tabled in the House of Representatives seeking self-determination for Balochistan, the US embassy in Islamabad said on Saturday that the official policy had nothing to do with the resolution. In a statement, the embassy said ...

KARACHI – Denouncing the US House resolution on Balochistan, Pakistan has called the move another attack on its sovereignty, warning such ‘provocations’ will ‘seriously’ harm Pak-US ties.Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced a House Concurrent Resolution, ...

UNITED NATIONS - Exercising their veto power, Russia and China on Saturday quashed a resolution, backed by the Arab and Western countries, at the UN Security Council, demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down amid escalating violence.The other 13 members of the council, including ...

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed has said that the concept of Alternate Dispute Resolution was not alien to us and the people have benefited a lot from this mode of reconciliation and mediation. He was addressing an inauguration ceremony of a 7-day Judges Mediators Skills ...

LAHORE – Showbiz circles have strongly rejected the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday seeking ban on musical concerts in educational institutions, terming it a ‘conspiracy’ against Pakistani culture. The resolution seeking ban on organizing music concert in ...

ISLAMABAD – The National Assembly on Monday passed pro-democracy resolution with majority vote despite resistance from the opposition, which staged a walkout saying the amendments proposed by them were not entertained.The main opposition party in the house, PML-N and PPP-Sherpao boycotted the ...