ISLAMABAD, March 06, 2013: Starting 35 minutes late, the 13th sitting of the National Assembly’s session adopted a resolution to demand action against “anchorpersons who are telecasting programmes against parliamentarians…without verification of the facts.” The sitting which lasted for two hours and 42 minutes adopted the Resolution: “All anchorpersons who are telecasting programmes against parliamentarians […]

ISLAMABAD, March 05, 2013: Starting an hour late, the National Assembly in the 12th sitting of the 50th session left most agenda appearing on the Orders of the Day unaddressed as the house discussed the incident of recent bomb blast in Karachi for an hour and 56 minutes. Four standing committee reports were presented before […]

ISLAMABAD, March 04, 2013: Starting 50 minutes late, the National Assembly suspended its regular agenda to offer condolences on the death of an MNA. Fateh was also offered for a deceased former MNA and the victims of bomb blast in Karachi. The 11th sitting of the ongoing 50th session of National Assembly was marked by […]

ISLAMABAD, March 1, 2013: Starting 40 minutes late, the 10th sitting of ongoing 50th  session which met for an hour and six minutes on Friday left most of the agenda unaddressed. The sitting also witnessed low attendance as 57 legislators were present at the start while 35 were there at the adjournment. The house left […]

ISLAMABAD, February 28, 2013: Starting 49 minutes late, the ninth sitting of the 50th National Assembly session which met for three hours and six minutes on Thursday witnessed the passage of three bills amid low attendance of members. The house passed two government bills – the Federal Ombudsmen Institutional Reforms Bill  2013 and the Capital […]

ISLAMABAD, February 27, 2013: Starting 50 minutes late, the eighth sitting of the 50th National Assembly session which met for two hours and 15 minutes on Wednesday witnessed low attendance of Members. Only 60 legislators were present at the outset and 61 were there at the adjournment. The Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition […]

ISLAMABAD, February 26, 2013: Starting half an hour late, the seventh sitting of 50th  session that met for an hours and 25 minutes on Monday, passed a private member bill leaving 77% agenda unaddressed. The house unanimously passed the  Capital University Islamabad Bill 2013. Additionally, the Pakistan Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2013 was introduced and sent […]

ISLAMABAD, February 25, 2013: Starting an hour and 33 minutes late, the sixth sitting of 50th  session that met for two hours and 53 minutes on Monday passed two Government bills. The Defence Housing Authority Islamabad Bill 2013 and The Global Change Impact Studies Centre Bill 2012 were passed unanimously by the House. The Anti-terrorism […]

ISLAMABAD, February 22, 2013: Starting 30 minutes late, the fifth sitting of the ongoing National Assembly session witnessed low attendance of Members. Only 47 members (14% of the total membership) were present at the outset while 67 were there at the time of adjournment. The government coalition partner -MQM- staged a protest over SPLGA Repeal […]

ISLAMABAD, February 20, 2013: Starting an hour and 25 minutes late, the third sitting of the ongoing 50th National Assembly session continued to witness low attendance of Members. Only 63 were present at the outset while 27 were there at the adjournment. The Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2013 was unanimously passed by the House. Five Members […]