Senate Passes Two Bills, Eight Resolutions during 270th Session Constitutional Amendment on Delimitation Left Unaddressed ISLAMABAD, November 28, 2017: The 270th Session of the Senate was prorogued without considering the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2017. The House passed two bills and eight resolutions during the session. The  session, comprising five sittings, continued from November 17, 2017 […]

ISLAMABAD, November 10, 2017: The Senate passed six legislative bills and adopted 16 resolutions during the 269th session that continued between October 23, 2017 and November 10, 2017.

ISLAMABAD, September 26, 2017: The outgoing session of the Senate was concluded with a major breakthrough for the treasury members who succeeded in getting the Elections Bill, 2017 passed after rejecting crucial amendment of the opposition to put a bar on the disqualified parliamentarian to lead a political party.

ISLAMABAD, August 30, 2017: The Senate took up heavy agenda during its 266th session, by passing six bills, adopting nine resolutions and referring 25 bills, including the Elections Bill, 2017, to relevant Standing Committees during 10-day sittings held between August 21 and 30, 2017, reveals FAFEN’s observation report.

Three-Sitting Session Passes six bills, adopts three Resolution ISLAMABAD, May 16, 2017: The Upper House of Parliament passed six government bills and adopted three resolutions during opposition-requisitioned 262nd session held between May 11, 2017 and May 15, 2017. The requisitioned session held discussion on various issues including lynching of Mashal Khan; disallowing leaders of a […]

Senate Witnesses Decline in Lawmakers’ Attendance ISLAMABAD, April 26, 2017: The Upper House of Parliament witnessed slight decline in the attendance of lawmakers during 261st session as compared to the previous session. The ministerial absence and no-response from the relevant departments in responding to the queries of lawmakers caused the unusual adjournment of sitting by […]

260th Session: Senate Gives Nod to Revival of Military Courts Prime Minister Attends Sitting After Almost Two Years ISLAMABAD: The 14-sitting longest-ever session since 2013 took up heavy agenda, as it passed eight bills, including Constitutional amendment to revive military courts, adopted nine resolutions, and witnessed introduction of 14 legislative proposals during March 3, 2017 […]

Senate Transacts Most of Agenda, Adopts 11 Resolutions Chairman Rejects Placement of Five Regulatory Bodies under Ministries Control 12 Lawmakers including Opposition Leader Skip Entire Session ISLAMABAD: The Senate disposed of heavy agenda during six sittings of 259th session held between February 13, 2017 and February 20, 2017, and passed three bills, including two private […]