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Opposition takes govt to task over power price hike Stages protest after speaker allowed power minister to take floor PHOTO: APP/FILE ISLAMABAD: The opposition and government lawmakers in the National Assembly traded barbs on Friday during a debate on rising inflation, particularly power price hike in the country. Taking the floor, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said Prime Minister Imran Khan during his marathon sit-in in 2014 burned electricity bills and asked the people not to pay power bills in protest against a raise in power tariff during the PML-N rule. “Mr Speaker, should we pay electricity bills now or not given the fact that the PTI government has recently increased power prices,” said Ashraf, who belongs to the PPP. Speaker Asad Qaisar replied that it is the legal and ethical responsibility of every citizen to pay bills. ....
Supreme Court has observed that political parties must have a proportionate representation in the Senate, saying parties winning more seats than that would destroy the system ....
According to a report published in October in London-based Financial Times newspaper, Pakistan also asked the British government to repatriate Nawaz Sharif through a letter that Adviser to the PM on Accountability Mirza Shehzad Akbar wrote to British Home Secretary Priti Patel. In the letter, Akbar wrote that Sharif “has been responsible for pillaging the state and I trust that you will be supportive of our efforts to bring those responsible for corruption to account”. He added that the home secretary was “duty bound” to deport the former prime minister. However, some experts believe it will be Nawaz Sharif who will benefit from a decision not to renew his passport. They said even if Nawaz’s passport is not renewed, the British government may give an extension in his visa. They said the UK government has done that in the case of PML-N leader Ishaq Dar. ....
Prime Minister praised overseas Pakistan for sending in record remittances in 2021 as compared to the previous year, says industrial sector is also witnessing growth ....