The PML-N on Tuesday withdrew a private member’s bill seeking an amendment to the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, in the National Assembly. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday withdrew a private member’s bill seeking an amendment to the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, in the National Assembly in line with the decision of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) which had announced that the opposition would not support any government move to change the country’s accountability laws.
The other significant happening in the National Assembly was the rejection of a bill that had jointly been moved by independent MNA Mohsin Dawar and Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal seeking the punishment of life imprisonment for those found involved in enforced disappearances of the people in any part of the country after it was opposed by the government.
A lawmaker of the opposition PML-N has informed the Islamabad High Court that the PTI government has promulgated 18 ordinances during the pendency of his petition filed against ‘excessive’ presidential ordinances. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: A lawmaker of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has promulgated 18 ordinances during the pendency of his petition filed against ‘excessive’ presidential ordinances.
MNA Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha, who filed the petition through Barrister Umar Gillani, challenged the powers of President Dr Arif Alvi to issue ordinances to run the affairs of the government instead of making proper legislation through parliament. Initially, it challenged eight ordinances.
This combination file photo shows four advisers Abdul Razak Dawood (Commerce), Dr Ishrat Hussain (Institutional Reforms), Dr Babar Awan (Parliamentary Affairs) and Mirza Shahzad Akbar (Interior). File photo
ISLAMABAD: Though the cabinet reshuffle may take some pressure off the government in light of the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) recent judgement stating that unelected advisers cannot hold executive responsibilities, the working of important official functionaries remains clouded in uncertainty.
IHC Justice Aamer Farooq, on a petition filed by PML-N lawmaker Rana Iradat Sharif, had ruled that advisers and special assistants could assist and advise the prime minister on their respective subjects but not intervene in the executive’s domain.