Five more SIC MNAs resign from standing committees
- 04-Sep-2025
ISLAMABAD: Five more MNAs of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) on Thursday resigned from standing committees following instructions from PTI founder Imran Khan, sources said. According to sources, these five MNAs submitted their resignations to the office of National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, bringing the total number of MNAs who have resigned from standing committees […]
MQM-P seeks chairmanship of standing committees
- 08-May-2024
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) has demanded chairmanship of 14 standing committees in Sindh Assembly, ARY News reported on Tuesday. According to sources familiar with the matter, a delegation from the MQM-P reportedly convened a meeting with the Speaker of the Sindh Assembly, Qadir Shah, and the Sindh Interior Minister, Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar. During […]
PPP offers chairmanship of standing committees to MQM-P
- 05-Dec-2022
KARACHI: The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Monday offered chairmanship of standing committees in Sindh assembly to Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) after a meeting between the two parties, ARY News reported citing sources. According to sources, out of 14 vacant standing committees of joint opposition, PPP has offered the chairmanship of 6 committees to […]
PML-N seeks chairmanship of 27 Senate committees as govt, opp meet
- 22-Apr-2021
The PML-N delegation refused to attend the meeting between the treasury and opposition benches, said the sources.
Govt-opposition deadlock over standing committees in Senate
- 14-Apr-2021
The process of forming standing committees was delayed despite the completion of the first month of new parliamentary year of the Upper House.
PML-N mulls over to withdraw resignations from PA committees: Sources
- 04-Feb-2020
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has started mulling over to withdraw resignations from the standing committees of the Punjab Assembly.
PML-N MPAs resign from Punjab Assembly’s standing committees
- 14-Nov-2019
These committees of the house have now lost their political repute and running the standing committees with 'one-wheeling' could cause a mishap, the PML-N assembly members warned.
Govt to head 21 PA standing committees, Opposition 19
- 25-Jan-2019
The Punjab Assembly on Friday gave the go-ahead to the constitution of its 40 Standing Committees
Govt, opposition reach consensus on standing committees of Sindh
- 18-Jan-2019
KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party led provincial government and the opposition on Friday reached a consensus on the constitution of Sindh Assembly’s standing committees, ARY News reported. PPP agreed to a proposal put forward by the opposition parties’ alliance in the provincial legislature according to which the chairmanship of at least eight committees will be […]
Govt, Opposition agree on standing committees formula
- 19-Dec-2018
ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition have agreed over a sharing formula for formation of the standing committees in a meeting of parliamentary leaders chaired by Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaisar, ARY News reported on Wednesday. According to the sharing formula, the opposition parties and the treasury benches will get their shares in parliamentary committees […]