PPP to attend Shehbaz Sharif s dinner party for opposition parties
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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
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.
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.
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Five parties demand separate opposition benches in Senate
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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.