Senate sees debates on EVMs, wheat import, PIA losses thenews.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenews.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Govt mulls building bunkers along LoC, Qureshi tells Senate
Top Story
February 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in the Senate Monday that the government was considering building bunkers to protect 1.1 million Kashmiris along the Line of Control from India’s unprovoked firing and shelling.
Making a policy statement in the House while concluding the debate on two motions moved by JI’s Sirajul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed, the minister said: “We have to be careful and hitting only the military targets, whereas Indian forces resort to aggression devoid of such compassion”.
Mr Qureshi brushed aside the opposition Senators contention that Pakistan was facing isolation owing to the incumbent government’s failed foreign policy and insisted that India was facing isolation and fingers were being raised at it what the RSS government with Hindutva mindset was resorting to in India and Occupied Kashmir. He referred to a wide coverage of the same in the weste
Top Story
January 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Monday rejected a bill proposing powers for the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) to look into complaints of violation of contractual obligations by private TV channels.
PPP Parliamentary Leader in the House Sherry Rehman, opposing the bill, alleged: “The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is going to be used to interfere in media contracts now. It already has a terrible record. Media has no space in Pakistan under this government and Tabahi Sarkar is bent upon suppressing the media and voices of dissent.” The bill, which has been cleared by the relevant Standing Committee twice, was moved in the House by its Chairman PTI Senator Faisal Javed.
Top Story
January 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Monday rejected a bill proposing powers for the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) to look into complaints of violation of contractual obligations by private TV channels.
PPP Parliamentary Leader in the House Sherry Rehman, opposing the bill, alleged: âThe Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is going to be used to interfere in media contracts now. It already has a terrible record. Media has no space in Pakistan under this government and Tabahi Sarkar is bent upon suppressing the media and voices of dissent.â The bill, which has been cleared by the relevant Standing Committee twice, was moved in the House by its Chairman PTI Senator Faisal Javed.
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Monday rejected a bill proposing powers for the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) to look into complaints of violation of contractual obligations by private TV channels.
PPP Parliamentary Leader in the House Sherry Rehman, opposing the bill, alleged: “The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is going to be used to interfere in media contracts now. It already has a terrible record. Media has no space in Pakistan under this government and Tabahi Sarkar is bent upon suppressing the media and voices of dissent.” The bill, which has been cleared by the relevant Standing Committee twice, was moved in the House by its Chairman PTI Senator Faisal Javed.