ISLAMABAD, September 12, 2013: Two resolutions were adopted during the third sitting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s fourth session on Thursday. Moved by a JUIF female MPA, the first resolution adopted by the House was on recommending the federal government to ensure that Azan should be telecast on all official and private television channels for […]

ISLAMABAD, September 11, 2013: Two bills – the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Explosives Bill 2013 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Explosive Substance Bill 2013 – were passed during the second sitting of the provincial assembly’s fourth session on Wednesday. All the five starred questions on the orders of the day were taken up. The legislators asked eight supplementary questions. […]

ISLAMABAD, September 10, 2013: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Bill 2013 during the first sitting of the fourth session on Tuesday. The Information Minister also laid before the House the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Ordinance 2013. The Speaker chaired the three-hour long sitting. The Chief Minister and the Leader of […]

ISLAMABAD, July 3, 2013: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s budget session was prorogued on Wednesday as the last and the 13th sitting met for 50 minutes. The Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition did not attend the sitting while the parliamentary leaders of JUIF and ANP were present. The house took up one of […]

ISLAMABAD, July 2, 2013: Starting an hour and 14 minutes late, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly adopted four resolutions during the 12th sitting of the second session on Tuesday. Two resolutions were moved by male and female JUIF legislators each. The first resolution adopted by the house was about setting up branches of National Bank in […]

ISLAMABAD, July 1, 2013: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly adopted four of the five resolutions introduced during the 11th sitting of the second session as the house witnessed a protest and a walkout on Monday. The four resolutions adopted by the house were on deportation of Pakistanis from Saudi Arabia, the Jirga of Thor Ghar  – […]

ISLAMABAD, June 28, 2013: Starting 31 minutes late, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly approved the 51 Demands for Grants of the supplementary budget 2012-13 in the 10th sitting of the ongoing second session on Friday. The four hours and five minutes long sitting was marked by low attendance as only 39 members were present at the […]

ISLAMABAD, June 27, 2013: Starting an hour and two minutes late, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly started debate on the supplementary budget for the year 2012-13 in the ninth sitting of the ongoing second session. Seven members discussed the supplementary budget for 30 minutes. The sitting lasted two hours and five minutes. The House took a […]