Supreme Court (SC) has directed Attorney General (AG) to hold joint meeting with government, Election Commission, NADRA and other stakeholders for enactment of legislation on temporary basis to make overseas Pakistanis part of electoral process.A 3-member bench of SC headed by the Chief Justice of ...

LAHORE  - PML-N President Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said his party will ensure substantial participation of women in legislation as well as other affairs of the state.After voted to power, the PML-N government would frame policies to ensure participation and a positive role of the women in ...

Federal Minister for Information Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Saturday that no institution could make legislation except Parliament.He added that the laws on which judiciary was bound to implement was also made by the Parliament.Kaira said that they respect judiciary, but, other sould also respect the ...

LAHORE – Agriculture minister Malik Ahmed Ali has said that legislative process regarding pesticides, fertilizers and seed act would be completed soon in consultation with all stakeholders in the province. Presiding over a high level meeting here on Wednesday, the minister said that after ...

LAHORE - Lahore Tax Bar Association (LTBA) President Zahid Attiq Chaudhry has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to enact proper legislation for stopping the incidents of tax refund fraud cases.In a statement issued here, he stated that only ‘e-intermediary’ registered lawyers ...

Contrary to the expectations of the government, the dual nationality bill turned out to be an unpopular venture among its targeted audience. Its unpopularity has thus attracted much criticism from all stakeholders, the opposition parties, the allies of the government and the nation. Despite much ...

ISLAMABAD – After the issue was highlighted globally through the Oscar Award winning documentary, Saving Face, Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF), Pakistan, has called for a comprehensive legislation to eradicate acid and burn crimes from the country.To eradicate acid and burn crimes from ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Minister for Communications Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil on Saturday said new legislation and provincial governments cooperation was needed to prevent Kallar Kahar-like road mishaps in future which left over three dozens persons dead, most of them school children. In an exclusive ...

LAHORE - The Question-Hour was a more-than-a-routine as a matter of fact, but the later barter of allegations by the coalition partners at the Punjab Assembly on Monday was certainly far less important than the official business of legislating the Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2010. ...

ISLAMABAD Terming the public support in war against terror as vitally important, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that this support can only be kept intact if the international community, particularly the donor countries, fulfil their pledges and help the Government of Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Investment, Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan said on Wednesday that government plans to bring legislation through parliament for the protection of investments for next ten years in the country. "The government will not only give full protection to the investments, ...

ISLAMABAD Senate on Wednesday strongly criticized increase in sales tax and inclusion of irrelevant pieces of legislation in the proposed finance bill for the fiscal year 2008-09. Senator Anwar Bhinder, Professor Khursheed Ahmad and Khalid Ranjha moved a privilege motion against the inclusion ...