LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Thursday passed Namal University, Mianwali Bill 2021 with majority vote. The session chaired by Speaker Pervaiz Elahi held a brief discussion on the bill which was tabled by.
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed a supplementary budget worth over Rs229 billion for 2020-21 with a majority vote.
The approved supplementary grants include education (Rs3.211bn), industries (Rs0.749bn), public health (Rs4.561bn), general administration (Rs6.918bn), civil works (Rs1.655bn), and police (Rs13.792bn).
The session started three hours and 19 minutes behind its scheduled time of 2pm.
Expressing his views on a cut motion in the supplementary budget for police, PML-N MPA Khalil Tahir Sindhu said that the Punjab police reported an increase in the crime rate in the province. He said if police failed to maintain law and order, why would the government allocate such a heavy additional amount for the law-enforcement agency.
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Nisar takes oath as MPA today
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LAHORE: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will take oath as the
Member Punjab Assembly on Monday (today). Sources close to Chaudhry Nisar believe that the move has its roots in the proposed legislation on electoral reforms by the federal government, envisaging a time frame for the elected members to take oath.
Nisar also twittered that after consulting his associates and the electorate, he decided to take oath as the MPA on Monday. Nisar, however, clarified that he had not changed his stance and would neither take salary nor avail himself of the perks.
Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar takes oath as Punjab MPA today
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Chaudhry Nisar takes oath as MPA today (Monday).
There is a theory that Nisar will take oath as an independent candidate and may later join PTI and replace Usman Buzdar, say sources.
Senior PML-N leader Muhammad Zubair denies party had any role to play in this development.
LAHORE: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will take oath as a lawmaker in the Punjab Assembly today (Monday).
Sources close to Nisar believe that the move has its roots in the proposed legislation on electoral reforms by the federal government, envisaging a time frame for the elected members to take oath,