July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The package of massive electoral reforms passed by the National Assembly will come under discussion in a Senate panel for the second time on Monday, with the government consenting to withdraw some of the contentious amendments in the Elections Act.
The secretaries of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry will brief the Senate Standing Committee on the 72 amendments inserted in the poll law as per the officially released agenda of the forum. The committee headed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Taj Haider comprises 13 senators apart from the non-voting ex-officio member, the parliamentary affairs minister. Others figuring in the forum are Azam Swati, Falak Naz, Liaqat Tarakai, Sania Nishtar, Farogh Naseem, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Farooq H Naek, Prof Sajid Mir, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Abida Azeem, Kamran Murtaza and Hilalur Rehman.
July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The package of massive electoral reforms passed by the National Assembly will come under discussion in a Senate panel for the second time on Monday, with the government consenting to withdraw some of the contentious amendments in the Elections Act.
The secretaries of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry will brief the Senate Standing Committee on the 72 amendments inserted in the poll law as per the officially released agenda of the forum.
The committee headed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Taj Haider comprises 13 senators apart from the non-voting ex-officio member, the parliamentary affairs minister. Others figuring in the forum are Azam Swati, Falak Naz, Liaqat Tarakai, Sania Nishtar, Farogh Naseem, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Farooq H Naek, Prof Sajid Mir, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Abida Azeem, Kamran Murtaza and Hilalur Rehman.
NA speaker calls for providing tobacco farmers ‘competitive profitability’
July 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser called for close scrutiny of the existing policy framework for the tobacco farmers, urging all the stakeholders to eliminate hurdles to provide competitive profitability to them.
While presiding over a meeting of the National Assembly’s Special Committee on agricultural products on Monday at Parliament House, Asad Qaiser said, “The problems of cotton and tobacco growers would be tackled on priority in the next meetings of the special committee on agricultural products and an all-out effort would be made to ensure that the farmers to receive decent profit for their toil.” Reports said the tobacco farmers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had written letters to the Speaker of the National Assembly regarding their concerns, requesting him to end their sufferings.
NA Speaker wants ‘competitive profitability’ for tobacco farmers
July 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser called for close scrutiny of the existing policy framework for the tobacco farmers, urging all the stakeholders to eliminate hurdles to provide competitive profitability to them.
While presiding over a meeting of the National Assembly’s Special Committee on agricultural products on Monday at Parliament House, Asad Qaiser said, “The problems of cotton and tobacco growers would be tackled on priority in the next meetings of the special committee on agricultural products and an all-out effort would be made to ensure that the farmers to receive decent profit for their toil.” Reports said the tobacco farmers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had written letters to the Speaker of the National Assembly regarding their concerns, requesting him to end their sufferings.
July 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Despite its majority in the Senate, the opposition was found napping as the government which had cleverly devised a plan to push through at least five bills got the job done in a single day.
Prior to presenting the bills in the upper house of parliament, some of them through a supplementary agenda prepared at the last minute, the ruling coalition ensured that it had enough numbers in attendance to surpass the opposition’s tally. Proper homework was done by the government while the opposition had no clue about the official strategy.
The combined strength of the two factions of the opposition parties, one led by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the other by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has a clear numerical edge in the upper house of parliament and can frustrate any government move for lawmaking.