Political parties having representation in the upper house of parliament are now eyeing chairmanship of key committees. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: One month after emergence of the new Senate, political parties having representation in the upper house of parliament are now eyeing chairmanship of key committees as negotiations between the government and the opposition are under way to reach an understanding over the share of each side.
Sources in the government and the opposition parties told
Dawn on Sunday that an understanding between the two sides had already been reached over the number of standing and functional committees and the distribution of chairmanship responsibilities among them, but the allocation of committees was yet to be sorted out.
PM Imran Khan appoints new chief whip, parliamentary leader in Senate
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PTI govt appoints two new members in the Senate.
Senator Fida Muhammad has been made the PM s chief whip in the Senate, while Senator Ejaz Chaudhry has been appointed as the Parliamentary Leader of the PTI in the Senate.
The announcement was made by PM s aide on political communication, Shahbaz Gill.
The PTI government on Tuesday announced the appointment of two new members in the Senate.
Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister s aide on political communication Shahbaz Gill wrote that the premier has appointed Senator Fida Mohammad as his chief whip in the Senate.
PTI appoints new parliamentary leader and chief whip in Senate
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Pictures of Senator Fida Muhammad (L) and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry of the PTI. Photos: senate.gov.pk / Twitter.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill on Tuesday took to Twitter and announced that the premier has decided to appoint two new members in the Senate.
Per the decision, Senator Fida Mohammad has been appointed as the PTI s chief whip in the Senate, while Senator Ejaz Chaudhary will be the new Parliamentary Leader of the PTI in the Senate, Gill wrote.
As reported by
Geo.tv, Senator Fida Mohammad was preceded by Sajjad Turi, who is not a senator anymore, while Senator Ejaz Chaudhary has replaced Dr Shahzad Waseem.
The date for the demonstration would be announced soon after mutual consultations of the farmers’ organisations.
This was stated by Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee Secretary General Farooq Tariq at the concluding session of the ‘Federal Policy Dialogue on Land Ownership and Food Security’ here on Thursday.
In an online address to the session, Country Programme Officer of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Pakistan Fida Muhammad apprised the participants of the efforts and cooperation of his organisation in improving the condition of small farmers in Pakistan.
He said the IFAD was working with the central and provincial governments to provide loans and trainings at very low interest rates to improve the condition of farmers. He believed that the success of any scheme required putting the community in the driving seat.
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications Tuesday expressed concerns over fake social media accounts operating with the names of political and social personalities.
The meeting was chaired by Senator Rubina Khalid. While expressing her grave concerns over the misuse of social media in the country Rehman Malik said that thousands of fake social media accounts are running for different malicious purposes and spreading blasphemous and highly objectionable materials to create uncertainty and chaos among the public.
He said that many are operating social media accounts with different names including the names of politicians are also used. He said that we had arranged hardware for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) that such objectionable and hatred materials could be removed and the accounts could be blocked immediately however about the fate of hardware PTA can tell either it is operating or still under process.