ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network says NA-75 Sialkot-IV by-election witnessed low incidences of electoral violations, as procedures were generally transparent and election staff.
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Parliament on ventilator
April 10, 2021
Pakistan is witnessing economic and political turmoil of an unprecedented scale and nature. State institutions and regulatory bodies no longer function independently due to the mounting pressure from the vacillating cabinet.
Back to back ordinances have undermined the very sanctity of parliament. All of these disturbing developments indicate that Pakistan’s parliamentary system has been left on the ventilator. Instead of empowering the branches of the government, Pakistan’s state of affairs have reached a new historic low under the PTI government.
Parliament is the sacred space where dialogue and consensus building takes place among all elected lawmakers but the current government is promoting a culture of rampant abuse and intolerance while little heed is being paid to what the opposition has to offer.
Covid relief programmes must include women, proactively
TDEA-FAFEN releases findings of socio-economic impact assessment of Covid during first wave
PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The federal and provincial governments needed to expand the pandemic relief programmes and improve their accessibility by easing down the eligibility criteria to mitigate the immediate risks for women and prevent exacerbation of the existing gender gaps during Covid-19 across the country.
This was recommended in a survey report conducted by the Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability and Free and Fair Election Network (TDEA-FAFEN).
Based on a survey of 6,000 households from 20 districts across Pakistan, the socio-economic impact assessment report highlighted the issues faced by marginalized communities in general and women in particular during the first wave of the pandemic.
PTM, ANP challenge govt claim PM got 178 votes
National
March 7, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leaders Mohsin Dawar MNA and Awami National Party Secretary General Mian Iftikhar Hussain challenged the government claim that 178 votes were cast in favour of Prime Minister Imran Khan during the vote of confidence proceedings on Saturday.
MNA from North Waziristan Mohsin Dawar claimed that the said number of lawmakers were not present in the lower house of the parliament at the time of voting. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader said he would challenge the 178 figure – the number of votes Premier Imran officially secured in Saturday’s session – demanding an investigation into the matter. “This should be investigated through video footage to ascertain as to how many MNAs were genuinely present in the House and whose vote was counted as a formality,” said Dawar, who was the only opposition lawmaker present in the assembly.