Tag: Parliament
Committee on review of pension system for govt employees consulting stakeholders: FinMin
The Finance Secretary-headed committee to review the pension system for government employees is in the process of consulting stakeholders and is yet to finalise its…
Australian senator alleges assault in parliament house; calls for safer workplace
SYDNEY: An Australian senator on Thursday said she was followed, aggressively propositioned and inappropriately touched by another senator in parliament house, and called on the…
IMF raises issues with Pakistan’s FY23-24 budget; calls it ‘missed opportunity’
ISLAMABAD: The IMF has raised several issues in Pakistan‘s budget for the fiscal year 2023-24, calling it a “missed opportunity” but expressed its readiness to…
Indian Students in Canada: Govt reassures ‘defrauded’ Indian students facing deportation |
MUMBAI: The Canadian government said it will have a process in place to allow the 700 international students facing deportation to prove that they had…
Former British PM Boris Johnson resigns from Parliament
LONDON – Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly resigned his parliamentary seat on Friday, another dramatic twist in the career of one of the…
Parliament: Israel lauds India on new Parliament
NEW DELHI: Israel Parliament Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana congratulated Indian authorities for the inauguration of India’s new Parliament.“From the beating heart of Israel’s democracy in…
Parliament: New Greek parliament convenes, only to be dissolved as early as Monday
ATHENS: Newly elected Greek lawmakers were sworn in Sunday but the Parliament in which they sit may be dissolved as early as Monday, ahead of…
Shehbaz Sharif: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif wins trust vote after Supreme Court swipes at him
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif won Thursday a trust vote in the 342-member National Assembly, with 180 lawmakers reposing “full confidence” in him as leader…
US-China mutual suspicion trouble for rest of the world: S’pore PM
SINGAPORE: The deep mutual suspicion and fundamental distrust between the United States and China will not improve anytime soon and it will mean “big trouble”…
Sanchez: Spain’s Sanchez warns drought now a major national concern
BARCELONA: Spain‘s prime minister warned lawmakers Wednesday that the acute drought afflicting the southern European country has become one of its leading long-term concerns. “The…