Raja Asghar
The strongest advocacy for accepting the Saudi request for Pakistani troops came from the ruling party’s Sajid Mir.
Published 10 Apr, 2015 07:03am
ISLAMABAD: With little said by the government, distrust prevailed in parliament on Wednesday in the continuing ...
Published 09 Apr, 2015 06:39am
Prime minister tries to allay concerns over Saudi request for troops, equipment
Published 08 Apr, 2015 06:17am
Opposition members decry lack of specifics in defence minister’s policy statement
Published 07 Apr, 2015 06:40am
The government has repeatedly said it has not yet committed sending troops to the conflict area.
Updated 06 Apr, 2015 10:32am
Defence minister says Saudi Arabia will be defended against any threat
Published 28 Mar, 2015 06:52am
The fate of the bill seems uncertain as opposition parties dominate the Senate and can block its adoption.
Published 27 Mar, 2015 06:48am
Abbasi said the first shipment of the imported LNG would flow into the system by the deadline of March 31.
Updated 26 Mar, 2015 07:11am
The proposal for drafting a consensus bill came out of the blue from Defence Minister Khwaja Mohammad Asif.
Published 25 Mar, 2015 06:28am
Sattar repeatedly warned all parties that if prison cells were opened for the MQM, others could meet the same fate.
Published 21 Mar, 2015 06:35am
Nisar seemed piling pressure on MQM by speaking about the possibility of cooperation with the British police.
Published 20 Mar, 2015 06:25am
The opposition Muttahida Qaumi Movement stayed away from the session for second day.
Published 19 Mar, 2015 06:32am
An apparent pact of silence won the Muttahida Qaumi Movement a reprieve in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
Updated 18 Mar, 2015 08:45am
MQM leader Farooq Sattar came to Nisar apparently to talk about putting off the clash for the day.
Published 17 Mar, 2015 06:04am
The latest walkout was in continuation of a protest against a 10 per cent increase in GST on petroleum products.
Published 14 Feb, 2015 07:02am
Opposition parties held fourth walkout from the national assembly in a row.
Updated 13 Feb, 2015 07:02am
Khursheed Shah had accused the govt of bypassing the house by unilaterally increasing the GST on petroleum products.
Published 12 Feb, 2015 06:18am
Khursheed Ahmed Shah accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s two-year-old government of showing disrespect to parliament.
Updated 11 Feb, 2015 12:11pm
'Two anti-militant operations carried out by the Afghan and foreign coalition forces near the Pakistani border.'
Updated 07 Feb, 2015 07:07am
The govt assured provinces in the NA that they would get aid to fight terrorism “beyond their expectations”.
Updated 03 Feb, 2015 01:06pm
