ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians from both the opposition and treasury benches in the National Assembly called on the government to assist the struggling farmers facing hardships due to wheat procurement.
KARACHI: A large number of people, including serving and retired officers of the armed forces, attended the funeral prayers of the former president and military ruler General Pervez Musharraf here.
‘Activate standing committees, PFC in public interest’
PTI MPA stresses inclusion of opposition in Public Accounts Committee for real-time monitoring of govt audit reports
KARACHI:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA and parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly Bilal Ahmed Ghaffar has stressed the need to properly activate critical spaces for decision making, such as standing committees and the Provincial Finance Commission, to facilitate the public interest.
He expressed these views while addressing a consultation titled Engagement with Parliamentarians: Optimising Benefits of Public Policy at a local hotel on Tuesday.
The event was organised by Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (CBE) to create a link between policymakers, academia and civil society, so as to promote the development of legislations for the benefit of the public, particularly in the domains of ecology, climate change, transport, gender, mobility, water and sanitation.
FEDERAL minister Ali Zaidi, flanked by bereaved family members of slain PTI leader, speaks to media persons on Sunday. Dawn
SUKKUR: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi has said that prices of flour and sugar have dropped and the steps the federal government has taken to resolve problems will ease things for masses in future.
The minister told media persons after offering condolence to bereaved family members of slain Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Sardar Sharif Khan Buledi in Jacobabad on Sunday that Gen Pervez Musharraf had also tried to lay hands on sugar mafia but he had to backtrack soon afterwards while the PTI government went after the mafia members and made their names public.