Govt, Opp again trade barbs on board exams
July 13, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood and opposition members on Monday again traded barbs in the National Assembly on the issue of delay in board examinations to give more time to students for making preparations.
Shafqat said the opposition for the sake of cheap popularity is demanding delay in board examinations. Responding to the demand of the opposition to delay the examinations, he said it was a unanimous decision of all political forces and federating units that board papers would be taken. “We promoted students last year because we had results of the previous year, but this time, it is not possible,” he said. He said the inter-provincial committee of the education ministers not only reduced the syllabus by 40% but also extended dates of examinations and asked the students to appear in four elective subjects. “We gave sufficient time to the students to make preparations by reducing the sylla
Govt rejects opposition’s demand to delay Inter exams
July 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The government on the floor of the National Assembly on Thursday rejected the demand of the opposition parties to delay Intermediate examinations to be taken by the Federal Board on Saturday and in Punjab by the end of this month.
PML-N Parliamentarians Ahsan Iqbal, Maiza Hameed, Khwaja Saad Rafique, Marriyum Aurengzeb and Dr Darshan raised the issue on a call attention notice. The opposition members were of the view that the Intermediate examinations are being taken on a short notice without covering the syllabus.
Parliamentary Secretary for Education Wajiha Akram opposed the delay in Intermediate examinations, questioning under which formula the students would be promoted and on which merit they would be admitted to professional educational institutions. She said that following the upcoming examinations, the students would have another option of appearing in papers in September and October. She sa
NA prorogued after Opposition protest
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April 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session was prorogued abruptly on Friday without passing or debating a resolution on expulsion of the ambassador of France over publication of blasphemous caricatures in a French magazine.
The opposition members registered protest, gathering in front of the speaker’s dias after their leaders were not given the floor to speak on the points of order. Amid strong sloganeering from the opposition members, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri prorogued the session within 15 minutes of proceedings.
Opposition leaders Ahsan Iqbal and Raja Parvaiz Ashraf wanted to speak on the points of order on exclusion of a resolution on the sanctity of the holy prophet (SAW). Opposition members including Naveed Amir Jeeva, Afzal Khokhar and Zahra Wadood Fatemi refused to ask their supplementary questions, requesting the chair to give floor to Raja Parvaiz Ashraf and Ahsan Iqbal. However, the deputy speaker insis
NA abruptly prorogued after Opposition protest
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April 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session was prorogued abruptly on Friday without passing or debating a resolution on the expulsion of the ambassador of France over the publication of blasphemous caricatures in a French magazine.
The opposition members registered protest, gathering in front of the speaker’s dais after their leaders were not given the floor to speak on the points of order. Amid strong sloganeering from the opposition members, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri prorogued the session within 15 minutes of proceedings.
Opposition leaders Ahsan Iqbal and Raja Parvaiz Ashraf wanted to speak on the points of order on the exclusion of a resolution on the sanctity of the holy prophet (SAW). Opposition members including Naveed Amir Jeeva, Afzal Khokhar and Zahra Wadood Fatemi refused to ask their supplementary questions, requesting the chair to give the floor to Raja Parvaiz Ashraf and Ahsan Iqbal. However
Opp says Gilani’s win stolen, result to be challenged
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March 13, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Claiming victory in the Senate chairman elections, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Friday said the election was stolen, and announced to challenge rejection of seven votes of the PDM candidate Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani in the court.
On the other hand, the government said the opposition is shedding tears as its politics is buried.
The PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said the Senate chairman election has been stolen right in front of the eyes of the people .
Addressing a press conference, Bilawal claimed that the PDM the opposition parties anti-government coalition has defeated the (PTI) government in the National Assembly and the Senate”.