Former PML-N lawmaker Malik Farooq Khar dies
- 20-Mar-2021
The ex-PML-N MPA Malik Farooq was suffering from a lung-related disease, said the family sources.
Lawmaker proposes cutting off hands of corrupt politicians
- 11-Mar-2020
A lawmaker who says Brazil is not doing enough to fight rampant political corruption put forward a bill on Tuesday that would punish any politician convicted of graft with amputation of both hands.
Indian court hands life term to ex-BJP lawmaker for rape
- 20-Dec-2019
The court in Delhi also fined him 2.5 million rupees (£26,926.72), Sengar’s lawyer Tanveer Ahmad Mir said.
First transgender elected official in Virginia lauded as trailblazer
- 09-Nov-2017
WASHINGTON: A 33-year-old transgender Democrat was being lauded as a pioneer on Wednesday after she won a seat in the Virginia state legislature against a Republican incumbent who openly boasted of being a “homophobe.” “Discrimination is a disqualifier and the message of inclusion is a winning message,” Danica Roem — a former local newspaper reporter […]
NAB showing leniency towards Sharifs, says Sharjeel Memon
- 03-Nov-2017
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) legislator Sharjeel Memon on Friday said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has a sympathetic attitude towards former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Talking to journalists outside Sindh Assembly building, Sharjeel Memon said that the NAB officials arrested him soon after his plane landed at Benazir International Airport (BBIA) but the former […]
Israeli army arrests Hamas lawmaker: NGO
- 04-Aug-2017
RAMALLAH: The Israeli army arrested a Hamas member of the Palestinian parliament at his home in the occupied West Bank overnight, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said on Friday, August 4. Muhammed Abu Teir, 65, was arrested in a raid on his home near Ramallah, the group said, only two months after he was released from […]
Dubai detains Iraqi lawmaker over cheque
- 30-Oct-2016
DUBAI: Authorities in Dubai have detained Iraqi lawmaker Mohamed al-Tai after a complaint was issued against him over a cheque, the public prosecutor announced late Saturday. The MP was detained and questioned on Wednesday in the presence of his lawyer before he was detained pending completion of the investigation, prosecutor Isam Isa al-Humaidan said in […]
PTI nominates Ravi Kumar on Soran Singh’s seat
- 05-May-2016
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) , in a letter to chief election commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan, on Thursday nominated Ravi Kumar for the seat reserved for minorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) that fell vacant after the assassination of its lawmaker Soran Singh, ARY News reported.
Protesters throw Ukrainian lawmaker in trash
- 17-Sep-2014
KIEV: Dozens of angry protesters near the Ukrainian parliament seized a prominent opposition deputy on Tuesday and dumped him in a trash container, accusing him of failing to back laws to end the turbulence in the country.