Profile: Former president Mamnoon Hussain, 1940-2021
Mamnoon Hussain was born in Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1940 but migrated to Pakistan where he completed his higher education...
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ArchivePortfolio: Lahore Lahore hai
Depicting Lahore in images is an old practice and its early patterns could be found in the miniature paintings of the Mughal era...
Lahore, being the cultural hub, played a vital role in the arts, literature and culture in the mid-20th century; especially, visual art was inspired by the rich panoramic beauty of the walled city and life around its 13 gates, so an exclusive genre of cityscape came into existence, as early as the...
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ArchiveA sensible resolution on Yemen
The ruling party allowed parliamentarians and the people to speak freely and pass a resolution on Yemen in a democratic manner...
Never mind who drafted the bill and who amended it and never mind who read the resolution in the Assembly, the conclusion was full of dignity and honour that befits parliament...
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ArchiveResolution on Yemen is Pakistan's internal matter: Saudi minister
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz on Sunday said the Pakistan Parliament’s resolution on Yemen was the country’s internal matter...
Know more: Parliament calls for neutrality in Yemen conflictWhile this resolution seems to resonate a majority opinion in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies want Pakistan to stand by their side and partake in the ground and air offensive against...
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Archive‘Yemen resolution doesn’t show public opinion’
LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa Emir Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has said that the Parliament’s resolution to stay out of Yemen conflict does not truly reflect the sentiments of the masses who are always ready to sacrifice their lives for the protection and integration of the holy cities...
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ArchiveResolution in NA for Hazara province soon, says minister
MANSEHRA/ABBOTTABAD: PML-N will table a resolution in the National Assembly for creation of Hazara province after taking the parliamentary leaders of other political parties into confidence...
“We will soon finalise draft of the resolution in consultation with parliamentary leaders of other political parties in an all-party conference,” said Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousuf while speaking at a public...
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ArchivePA doesn’t take up resolution on Rangers
KARACHI: The Tuesday sitting of the Sindh Assembly, which saw two walkouts by opposition parties, was adjourned till Wednesday without lawmakers taking up a government resolution on extension of Rangers’ stay in the province and their special policing powers...
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had earlier tabled a resolution seeking extension in Rangers’ powers but it could not be included in the balloting because no PTI lawmaker was...
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ArchiveResolution tabled in PA against sale of donkey hide, meat
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) on Wednesday submitted a resolution in the Punjab Assembly against the sale of donkey hide and meat...
Explore: Two donkey meat casesMPA Amir Sultan Cheema submitted the resolution which demanded strict action against those responsible for running this business...
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ArchiveSindh Assembly adopts resolution seeking to curtail Rangers’ powers
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution asking for checks and conditions on Rangers’ special powers to raid and arrest suspects...
Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Sial presented the resolution on the critical issue of Rangers’ powers on the floor of the Sindh Assembly, amid chants and slogans by opposition members...
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ArchiveParliament’s resolution on Yemen
OUR parliament on April 10 unanimously passed the resolution which, among other things, calls upon Pakistan to remain neutral in the Yemen conflict and instead play a diplomatic role, exhorting the warring parties to resolve the conflict through peaceful means...
It is good that our parliament in its resolution has desired that steps be taken to initiate UN Security Council, besides the toothless OIC, to bring about an immediate...
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ArchivePCB asks ICC to set up Dispute Resolution Committee over conflict with BCCI
In a notice sent to the world cricketing body, the PCB has asked the ICC to set up a Dispute Resolution Committee to adjudicate the matter...
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PakistanForeign Office welcomes UNSC resolution on Yemen
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office welcomed on Wednesday a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution imposing sanctions on Yemen’s Houthi militia and former ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh and called for its immediate and full implementation...
The UNSC approved the resolution by a 14-0 vote on Tuesday, with Russia abstaining...
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PakistanSenate to take up resolution aimed at promoting democratic culture
ISLAMABAD: A resolution calling upon the government to take steps to promote and develop democratic culture in the country, which includes setting up a National Democracy Commission, is set to be taken up by the Senate on the opening day of its new session on Monday (today)...
The lengthy resolution will be tabled by Senator Sehar Kamran of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)...
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PakistanNA adopts resolution rejecting 'hostile and threatening' statements made by Trump
The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution rejecting the "hostile and threatening" statements made by US President Donald J...
During the NA session, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif read out the resolution, which was earlier passed unanimously by the lower house...
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PakistanSenate adopts pro-democracy resolution
ISLAMABAD: The Senate adopted on Monday a pro-democracy resolution, calling for the establishment of a national democracy commission as envisaged in the charter of democracy to promote and develop democratic culture in the country, but voted out a motion for leave to introduce a bill seeking powers for parliament to ratify all foreign agreements...
The pro-democracy resolution, moved by Sehar Kamran of the Pakistan Peoples Party,...
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