Listen to the article The ongoing dispute over water distribution in the Senate has intensified tensions between the government and coalition partner Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), further fueled by Minister Aleem Khan’s controversial remarks regarding past infrastructure failures . The debate took place on Tuesday in a session chaired by Deputy Chairman Senate, Syed Ali … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Industry and Production on Thursday asked whether the government would purchase power from solar consumers at Rs 9 per unit, while expressing concerns over “potential lobbying by independent power producers (IPPs) )” against solar policy. The upper house panel met under the chairmanship of Senator Aon Abbas Buppi to … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), officially criminalizing necrophilia. This comes after years of legal vacuum in the matter. Necrophilia refers to having sexual attraction to a corpse or committing sexual assault on a corpse. The Senate Standing Committee on Interior, chaired by Senator Shahadat Awan, … Read more