Tag: #Constitution
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Four Private Members’ bills introduced in Senate
ISLAMABAD, Jul 27 (APP):The Senate on Monday witnessed introduction of four private members’ bills which were referred to their relevant committees after their introduction in the House. Senator Faisal Javed introduced the bill, the National Commission on Rights of Child (Amendment) Bill, 2020, while Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi introduced the Islamabad High Court (Amendment) Bill,…
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NAB law amendments: Govt, Opposition meeting ends inconclusively
A meeting was held on Monday, July 27, of the government and the opposition on the change in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law ended without any result while the government committee has sought a written position from the opposition on the NAB law. The second meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Legislation on various…
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Constitution puts no Bar on Dual Nationals from working as Government Aides: Qureshi
Shah Mahmood Qureshi says that the constitution places no bar on dual nationals from working as government aides.
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Constitutional amendments not possible without consensus: Shibli
ISLAMABAD, Jul 15 (APP):Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Wednesday said the amendments in the Constitution could not be made without consensus of all the political parties. Talking to a private news channel, he stressed the need to discuss some articles of the Constitution for more transparency and accuracy in them and…
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Concerns over inclusion of Qadianis in National Commission for Minorities: PML-Q
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Federal Minister for Housing Tariq Bashir Cheema and Provincial Minister for Minerals Hafiz Ammar Yasir have expressed deep concern over the efforts to include Qadianis in the National Commission for Minorities. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief…
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Constitution is the soul of a state: Chairman PPP
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI April 10, 2020: “A Constitution is the soul of a state and tearing it means tearing apart the state itself and ridiculing it means ridiculing the people”. This has been stated by Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a message today, April 10 when the Constitution was unanimously adopted by the National Assembly in…
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Govt to file reference against Justice Seth, challenge Musharraf case verdict
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20(APP):The Federal Government on Thursday decided to file a reference in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against the author judge of the verdict against former president Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case under Article 209 of the Constitution, besides challenging the judgment in the Supreme Court. Flanked by the prime minister’s special…
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Special Court awards capital punishment to former President Pervez Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (APP): The Special Court on Tuesday awarded capital punishment to former President Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case for “abrogating and subverting the Constitution by proclamation of emergency in the country on November 3, 2007.” A three-member bench of the Special Court, headed by Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice Waqar…