July 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Close to two dozen women politicians rule the TV screens every day on animated current affairs programmes, defending their parties, leaders and party policies more aggressively than their male counterparts.
Even when their party heads say or do something strange or outlandish, they consider it their duty to justify it and stop their rivals from point-scoring against their leaders. Some of these elected lawmakers are first-timers in parliament. As they are tasting the attractive side of public life for the first time, which has raised their profile, they display an exaggerated kind of belligerence. They are trying to make everybody believe that they have quickly learnt the art of representing their parties at the legislative and public forums better than others.
July 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Close to two dozen women politicians rule the TV screens every day on animated current affairs programmes, defending their parties, leaders and party policies more aggressively than their male counterparts.
Even when their party heads say or do something strange or outlandish, they consider it their duty to justify it and stop their rivals from point-scoring against their leaders. Some of these elected lawmakers are first-timers in parliament. As they are tasting the attractive side of public life for the first time, which has raised their profile, they display an exaggerated kind of belligerence.
They are trying to make everybody believe that they have quickly learnt the art of representing their parties at the legislative and public forums better than others. All the three main political forces – the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) – which mostly control the narrative specifical
The writer is director of Bolo Bhi, an advocacy forum for digital rights.
IT is no secret that domestic workers in Pakistan work overtime, are underpaid, and often mistreated. It is also tragic that most who employ domestic workers do not view them as equal human beings, and often believe they are doing them a favour by offering employment; never mind the acute dependence on them. Treating domestic workers with respect includes paying them at least the minimum age, not just polite conversations.
It is therefore necessary that the rights of domestic workers, like any other workers, be regulated in Pakistan and enforced by law. This is exactly what the Islamabad Capital Territory Domestic Workers Bill 2020, proposed by elected MNA Mehnaz Akber Aziz of the PML-N and passed by the National Assembly seeks to do. The bill now awaits approval in the Senate of Pakistan.
‘Misinformation causing unacceptability towards vaccination’
Islamabad
June 3, 2021
Islamabad : In order to promote parliamentary partnerships for regional integration and to accelerate working on global agenda in times of the ongoing pandemic, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Secretariat of the National Assembly of Pakistan hosted a panel discussion titled ‘Impact of COVID-19 on the Implementation of SDGs in the Region’ here on Wednesday.
The session of the second general conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO) was chaired by Riaz Fatyana, MNA and Convener National Parliamentary Taskforce on SDGs and was co-chaired by key members of the taskforce.
SEZs will be futile if industries not installed timely: NA body
CPEC parliamentary committee says economic stability will lead to peace, security in Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD:
The Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has observed that the establishment of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) would be futile, if industries are not installed there timely.
The 37th meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on CPEC held under the chairmanship of MNA Sher Aftab Ali was informed that issues pertaining to sale and cancellation of plots in SEZs need to be resolved at the earliest so that the process of establishing industries in SEZs could be expedited.