ISLAMABAD, June 24, 2013: The National Assembly concluded debate on cut motions in the 11th sitting of the second session on Monday. Starting 25 minutes late, the sitting lasted five hours and 25 minutes. As many as 101 Cut Motions were raised against the 11 Demands for Grants for the Ministry of Interior, while 70 […]

ISLAMABAD, June 23, 2013: Starting 41 minutes late, the National Assembly debated the Cut Motions raised on the Demands for Grants for the six ministries in the second session’s 10th sitting on Sunday. The House also unanimously adopted a resolution to condemn the terrorists attack and killing of the climbers in Gilgit-Baltistan. The sitting lasted […]

ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2013: The Finance Minister winded up the general discussion on budget for the financial year 2013-14 in the ninth sitting of the second session on Saturday. The National Assembly also considered the recommendations made by the Senate on the budget. The sitting lasted seven hours and six minutes. Ten MNAs took part […]

ISLAMABAD, June 21, 2013: The eighth sitting of the National Assembly’s second session witnessed two walkouts and a boycott as the members continued the general discussion on budget on Friday. MQM legislators first staged a four-minute walkout over the killings of party workers in Karachi and then boycotted the sitting over the same issue. The […]

ISLAMABAD, June 20, 2013: Forty legislators took part in the budget debate during the seventh sitting of the National Assembly’s second session. Starting 17 minutes late, the National Assembly met for eight hours and 27 minutes. The House took a 75-mintue break. Eighteen PMLN members, nine PPPP, five each of MQM and PTI, one each […]

ISLAMABAD, June 19, 2013: Twenty four lawmakers took part in the debate on budget during the sixth sitting of the National Assembly’s second session. The sitting met for eight hours and 13 minutes. Ten PMLN members, five PPPP, four MQM, two each of PTI and JUIF and one PMLF member expressed views about the budget […]

ISLAMABAD, June 18, 2013: As many as 25 lawmakers took part in the budget debate in the fifth sitting of the ongoing session which met for seven hours and 47 minutes on Tuesday. The 25 members – six each of PPPP and PTI, three each of PMLN and MQM, two JUIF, and one member each […]

ISLAMABAD, June 17, 2013: The general discussion on the budget continued during the fourth sitting of the second session as 15 members expressed views on the budgetary proposals on Monday. A total of 98 members were present at the start and 43 at the adjournment of the sitting, which met for six hours and 40 […]

ISLAMABAD, June 16, 2013: Seventeen lawmakers debated the federal budget 2013-14 during the third sitting of the second session on Sunday. A resolution condemning the acts of terrorism in Balochistan was also unanimously adopted. Seventeen legislators – four of PPPP, three each of PMLN, PTI, JUIF, and one each of JI, ANP, NP and an […]

ISLAMABAD, June 15, 2013: The Leader of the Opposition opened the debate on the federal budget on Saturday as the second sitting of the ongoing session met for more than seven hours, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its daily factsheet based on direct observation of the National Assembly proceedings. Starting 20 minutes […]