Tag Archives: NA body told

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights was informed on Monday about the grim situation being faced by Pakistan due to the presence of over 1.4 million Afghan refugees, following the refusal by the US and European countries to receive further Afghan asylum seekers. The committee members were also surprised to learn that the government has so far …

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Education was informed on Tuesday that all universities have been asked to defer fee collection of students belonging to a flood-affected area and ensure their uninterrupted education. A meeting of the committee was held here with MNA Makhdoom Syed Samiul Hassan Gillani, besides getting a briefing from chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) …

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Wednesday was informed that former chief executive officer (CEO) Wasim Khan was the highest paid employee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) drawing a monthly salary of Rs2.6 million. The new PCB management for the first time shared complete details of the salaries of all its employees with the National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter-provincial …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday informed the National Assembly Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that the security of foreign nationals was being beefed up. “It is important that incidents such as the terror attacks on Chinese nationals in Dassu and Gwadar are not repeated,” chairman of the parliamentary committee MNA Sher Ali Arbab told Dawn. The in-camera meeting of the …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday told a parliamentary panel that despite the recent 15 per cent increase in consumer tariff, the power sector’s circular debt would go up by Rs436 billion during the current fiscal year to reach Rs2.6 trillion. The meeting of the National Assembly Stan­ding Committee on Finance was presided over by MNA Faizullah, and was given a …

ISLAMABAD: As the transaction structure of the Heavy Electric Complex (HEC) awaits approval by the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP), the Privatisation Commission informed a National Assembly’s standing commi­ttee on Thursday that HEC’s regular employees would be absorbed in the State Engineering Corporation (SEC), being the parent company. The director general of Privatisation Commission said the HEC had 18 regular …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will fight its case before the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on May 15 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, besides undertaking diplomatic efforts for performance-based review of its “robust” compliance with global standards against money laundering and terror financing. This was the crux of an in-camera briefing to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Finance and Revenue. …