ISLAMABAD: (DNA) –  Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Thursday survived a no-confidence motion moved against him by the opposition. 50 votes were received in favour of the no-confidence motion, thus the resolution against Sadiq Sanjrani was not adopted. Voting took place through a secret ballot with a total of 53 votes required to remove the chairman. At the start of the session, 64 senators had stood up in support of the motion to table the no-confidence resolution. For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a no-confidence motion had been submitted againstRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – The no-trust motion against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, tabled by Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Raja Zafarul Haq as session of the Upper House has been rejected on Thursday. The upper House takes up the first-ever no-trust motions against its chairman and deputy chairman, both of them cannot chair the session according to the rules; hence President Arif Alvi has nominated Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to chair the session. 64 senators stood up in support of the motion toRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reserved its verdict on Maryam Nawaz’s party designation case, and will announce it on August 27. The hearing was conducted at the ECP and Maryam Nawaz’s lawyer Barrister Zafarullah took the stance that the Supreme Court’s verdict does not apply on the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president. He argued that a person can hold a post in his or her party even being in jail as incarcerated former premier Nawaz Sharif is running party affairs. The counsel further toldRead More

  ISLAMABAD, AUG 01 (DNA)  – Federal Basketball Association held a monsoon tree plantation drive for the awareness of sportspersons at the Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad.   In connection to Prime Minister Monsoon plantation campaign on “plant for Pakistan” day the event was held with the collaboration of Pakistan Sports Board and First Step Communications were attended by Pakistan Sports Board Deputy Director General Mansoor Ahmed Khan, Federal Basketball Association Ouj e Zahoor, , PSB Deputy Director General  Agha Amjadullah, sportspersons and other officials were also present on the occasion.Read More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – As the Senate’s session began on Thursday, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Raja Zafarul Haq tabled the no-confidence resolution against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and deputy chairman Saleem Mandviwala. 64 Senators favour resolution against Sanjrani when the presiding office asked the senators to rise on their seats to move resolution against the incumbent chairman The upper House takes up the first-ever no-trust motions against its chairman and deputy chairman, both of them cannot chair the session according to the rules; hence President Arif Alvi has nominatedRead More