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ISLAMABAD: Only days after Prime Minister Sheh­baz Sharif announced a national austerity plan amid a severe financial crisis, the National Assembly was informed on Monday about the exorbitant expenditure on foreign junkets of cabinet members and the purchase of protocol vehicles, during the government’s first nine months in power. The ‘partial’ and ‘incomplete’ information was provided by the government thr­o­ugh written replies …

ISLAMABAD: Accusing the previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) regime of bringing the country on the verge of bankruptcy, Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said the present coalition government had no choice but to present the budget on the dictation and terms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “This is absolutely an IMF budget. There is no …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed Shah on Friday stated on the floor of the National Assembly that some 6,000 cusecs of water was being wasted while flowing a distance of 350 kilometres from Sukkur Barrage to Kotri Barrage because of “evaporation”, and at the same time expressed his surprise over missing 20,000 cusecs between Taunsa, the last barrage …

ISLAMABAD: Unprecedented increase in the cost of steel scrap globally, steep rise in freight charges and devaluation of the Pakistani rupee were the reasons for increase in prices of steel used in the construction sector. This was pointed out by representatives of the Ministry of Industries and Production in the National Assembly (NA) session. “Rise in cost of gas, electricity …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Monday that an amount of Rs4.84 billion was lying unutilised in the account created for receiving donations and funds from the public and overseas Pakistanis for the fight against Covid-19. The information was provided by the government through a written reply to a question asked by MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali of the …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum Division Omar Ayub Khan has acknowledged that the country is going to face a serious natural gas shortage in upcoming winter months due to a gap between the demand and supply of gas. He highlighted that during winter months, gas consumption by the domestic sector increased manifold on account of use of room and water heaters. …

ISLAMABAD: Protection centres for transgender people will be completed by the end of this year, the National Assembly was informed on Monday during a discussion on the harassment of transgender people across the country. The announcement came during a discussion on a calling attention notice moved by PTI lawmakers Asma Qadeer, Nuzhat Pathan, Zille Huma, Riaz Fatyana and Nusrat Wahid …

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary on Health Dr Nausheen Hamid on Monday said outpatient departments (OPDs) of public sector hospitals in the capital will be opened as per advice of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Covid-19. Replying to a calling attention notice on the floor of the National Assembly, she said the OPDs were closed as per advice of …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhr Imam informed the National Assembly on Thursday that Pakistan was no longer self-sufficient in wheat as the per acre yield had declined. He said that 25 million tons of wheat was produced this year against the target of 27m tons and to ensure that there was no shortage of the …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Monday sought two more days for presentation of the preliminary inquiry report of the last month’s crash of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft near Karachi airport before the National Assembly, as the members continued to take part in the general debate on the federal budget during more than 10-hour-long dull …