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PPP to attend Shehbaz Sharif's dinner party for opposition parties

PPP to attend Shehbaz Sharif's dinner party for opposition parties By A PPP delegation will attend today's dinner being hosted by opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif. Opposition leader in the Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani, Raja Pervez Ashraf and Sherry Rehman expected to be part of PPP delegation attending dinner. Differences with PPP could have been resolved with a sit-down by PDM instead of sending show-cause notices, says PPP's Nayyar Hussain Bukhari. The PPP has decided to attend a dinner being hosted by PML-N President and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif for members of the opposition parties today (Monday).

Govt-opposition deadlock persists over formation of Senate committees

Govt-opposition deadlock persists over formation of Senate committees April 25, 2021 The formation of standing committees of the Senate has hit a snag due to stalemate between the government and opposition parties over the chairmanship of some important committees. Sources told Daily Times that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) wants to make Sherry Rehman the chairperson of standing committee on foreign affairs and Saleem Mandviwalla to head standing committee on finance, besides seeking the chairmanship of standing committee on interior. On the other hand, the PML-N is also insisting on the chairmanship of the same standing committees, in addition to that of the standing committee on water and power.

Gilani files appeal against IHC's verdict on Senate chairman polls

Daily Times April 9, 2021 Former prime minister and Opposition Leader in Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani has filed an intra-court appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against its decision regarding election of Senate chairman. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah had declared Gilani’s plea challenging Sadiq Sanjrani’s victory as Senate chairman non-maintainable. The PPP leader has sought annulment of the single bench’s judgment in the intra-court appeal, requesting that the decision of the presiding officer to reject seven votes should be quashed. The opposition leader has also demanded immediate suspension of the presiding officer’s decision regarding the Senate election.

PPP to mull over show-cause notice, resignations on 11th

Five parties demand separate opposition benches in Senate

Five parties demand separate opposition benches in Senate Top Story April 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in the anti-government coalition, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), clashed in the first formal Senate session on Monday, Geo News reported. Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani chaired the first sitting. Five opposition parties in the Senate, who had earlier decided to constitute an independent group in the House consisting of 27 members, demanded they be allotted separate opposition benches in the Senate. These parties are PML-N, JUI-F, Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, National Party and BNP (Mengal). The group is being led by the PML-N designated opposition leader Senator Azam Nazir Tarrar.

Gulf within PDM 'widens further' - Daily Times

Daily Times Gulf within PDM ‘widens further’ * Amid clash in first formal Senate session, PML-N, JUI-F, PkMAP, NP and BNP-M demand allotment of separate opposition benches * Passage of opp-backed resolution in Upper House leaves treasury benches vexed * Gilani says he will work with all opposition parties as well as government April 6, 2021 Days after PDM’s decision to part ways with PPP and ANP and form a new alliance of five opposition parties having 27 members in Senate, show-cause notices were served to both the political parties by the alliance, signalling a widening split within the opposition parties. “Show-cause notices have been issued after approval from PDM President Maulana Fazlur Rehman and sent on WhatsApp,” PML-N stalwart Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told a private TV channel, adding that both the parties have been given seven days to respond. “Whatever answer is received will be presented during a meeting of the opposition alliance’s constituent parties,” he said. “The PDM will decide the future course of action,” he added.

Gilani urges ECP to dismiss disqualification case against him

Daily Times * ECP reserves verdict on maintainability of plea against PTM’s Ali Wazir April 6, 2021 Leader of the Opposition in Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani and his son Ali Haider Gilani submitted their replies in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as the commission heard a petition filed by PTI leaders seeking disqualification of the former prime minister from the Senate seat. As the hearing began on Monday, Gilani requested the commission to dismiss disqualification pleas against him for being ‘inadmissible’ as the allegations levelled by the PTI members were ‘baseless’ and ‘frivolous’. He further called Parliamentary Leader for Railways Farrukh Habib and Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice Barrister Maleeka Bokhari as ‘habitual petitioners’. The case was filed on the basis of some ‘unauthentic’ videos, he claimed.

Phones Asad twice in last two days: Gilani discusses electoral reforms with NA speaker

Phones Asad twice in last two days: Gilani discusses electoral reforms with NA speaker