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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led coalition government and opposition are expected to lock horns next week over the State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill 2021 in Senate, where the latter is not only in majority but also heading the Finance Committee. The government will make an all-out attempt to pass the bill to meet the conditions of the International Monetary Fund …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition challenged in the National Assembly on Friday the government’s claim regarding improvement in economic indicators and achieving a 5.37 per cent growth rate, besides seeking an investigation into the ongoing campaign in support of the presidential system. The lower house of parliament witnessed ruckus on a couple of occasions when the opposition tried to interrupt speeches by ministers. Ahsan Iqbal …

ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition on Friday agreed on the need to revamp the criminal justice system to ensure that criminals do not go scot-free while taking advantage of loopholes in the law. Opening the discussion in the Senate on an adjournment motion about the violent mob attack against Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara, PML-N parliamentary leader Senator Azam Nazir Tarar …

ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition traded barbs in the Senate over burgeoning external debt, with the opposition chiding the government for setting a new record and the government holding the previous rulers responsible for economic woes. Conceding that the external debt had risen from Rs25 trillion over the last three years to nearly Rs40 trillion at present, Minister of …

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry stressed on Tuesday the need for the government and opposition to discuss and reach a consensus on electoral reforms proposed by the former, alleging that the latter continued to evade the matter as it could already see itself losing the next elections. Addressing a National Assembly (NA) session, Chaudhry recalled that the bill for …

ISLAMABAD: The Government and the opposition held each other responsible for the country’s economic woes as the discussion on the budget for the next fiscal year opened in the Senate on Monday. Opening the discussion, leader of the opposition in the house Yousuf Raza Gilani stressed that the goal of economic stability could never be achieved without political stability. Wondering …

ISLAMABAD: The federal government and K-Electric on Wednesday could not settle payment mechanism for additional power supply to Karachi as consumers in the metropolitan city continued to suffer power shortages. Informed sources said a high-level meeting was called at the power division on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan to address electricity supply problems in Karachi after Governor Sindh …

Members of the government and the opposition both expressed optimism on Wednesday over chances of victory in the Senate elections that are currently underway in the national and provincial assemblies. Polling for 37 seats of the Senate is underway under the supervision of the Election Commission of Pakistan as a total of 78 candidates contest from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad. …

ISLAMABAD: All eyes will be on the Parliament House on Monday (today) where a crucial government-opposition meeting is scheduled to take place in an effort to lower down political temperatures in the country. Besides, a meeting of the parliamentary group of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) will be held and it was likely to be attended by party’s vice president …

ISLAMABAD: With the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) set to resume the hearing of foreign funding case against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday, political temperatures have started flaring up as the exchange of hot words between the government and opposition intensifies. Ever since the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) announced that it will stage a demonstration outside the …