Emmanuel Macron plans to slash France`s MPs by a third
Macron also pledged to introduce a degree of proportional representation into France`s winner-takes-all electoral system.
Jul 03, 2017, 23:26 PM IST
Emmanuel Macron party wins massive majority in French parliament
Macron's year-old Republic on the Move (REM) and their allies were set to win between 355 and 425 seats in the 577 seat National Assembly.
Jun 19, 2017, 00:11 AM IST
Panamagate probe: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif appears before JIT
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to appear on Thursday before the Panamagate joint investigation team (JIT), which is probing allegations of money-laundering against his family.
Jun 15, 2017, 10:29 AM IST
Pakistan Assembly to legalise trials before military courts
Pakistan's Parliament is to adopt a bill legalising trials before military courts for another two years.
Mar 10, 2017, 13:06 PM IST
Pakistan Parliament becomes battlefield as PTI, PML-N lawmakers exchange abuses, fists – Watch
Parliamentarians from Pakistan Peoples Party tried to calm the situation but no avail.
Jan 27, 2017, 16:10 PM IST
Pakistan opposition moves privilege against PM Nawaz Sharif for ''untruthful'' speech
The privilege motion referred to a plea by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif`s counsel in the Supreme Court in the ongoing Panamagate case.
Jan 19, 2017, 18:05 PM IST
Venezuela President threatens opposition over 'coup'
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has threatened his opponents would face "consequences" for their latest efforts to oust him, reviving his claim that he was the victim of a "coup" attempt.
Jan 11, 2017, 09:27 AM IST
Pakistan to host international seminar to discuss Kashmir issue
Parliamentarians from Europe and North America along with speakers from Jammu and Kashmir will attend a seminar in Islamabad to discuss the Kashmir issue, an official said on Tuesday.
Jan 03, 2017, 23:51 PM IST
Pakistan can't afford bullet trains, needs China's help, says Railway Minister
Pakistan Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has informed the National Assembly that the country cannot afford to have bullet trains.
Nov 30, 2016, 18:17 PM IST
South Korean opposition to press on with Park's impeachment
Park Geun-hye, who has lost the support of the people and all political parties, including her own Saenuri Party, left the decision of her resignation to Parliament.
Nov 30, 2016, 14:49 PM IST
South Korean President Park opens door to leave office early
Park has been named as a suspect in the growing investigation, making her the first sitting president to be subject to a criminal probe while in office.
Nov 29, 2016, 20:30 PM IST
Pakistan govt approves 146 percent hike in salaries of parliamentarians
The Pakistan government has approved to increase the salary of Members of Parliament up to 146 percent.
Nov 24, 2016, 11:36 AM IST
Pak to speed up efforts to neutralise hostile elements
Pakistan today decided to speed up its efforts to neutralise hostile elements and set up a high- level task force to monitor the progress on implementation of National Action Plan to eliminate terrorism from the country.
Aug 11, 2016, 19:53 PM IST
MP from Pakistan says 'I am ashamed of being a Pakistani' – Watch the emotional video
Disturbed with day-to-day politics of hatred in Pakistan, Fozia Ejaz Khan gave an emotional speech in the National Assembly, which would bring tears to many.
Aug 09, 2016, 14:13 PM IST
France National Assembly votes to extend state of emergency
France`s National Assembly voted in the early hours of Wednesday to extend the country`s state of emergency for six months following last week`s massacre in Nice.
Jul 20, 2016, 10:42 AM IST
Not lobbying against Pakistan's interests, says ex-envoy after Aziz's remarks
Reacting strongly to the comments made by Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif`s advisor on foreign affairs, the country`s ex-envoy to the United States, Husain Haqqani, said that he was not lobbying against Islamabad`s interests as claimed by the former.
Jun 22, 2016, 14:32 PM IST
Pakistan's Defence Minister calls woman lawmaker a 'tractor trolley', sparks furore
Shireen Mazari told Defence Minister Khawaja Asif that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf will not stay mum.
Jun 08, 2016, 18:15 PM IST
Vietnam's Parliament elects first female speaker
Vietnam`s National Assembly (NA) on Thursday elected Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as the country`s first female house speaker.
Mar 31, 2016, 09:46 AM IST
Now Holi is a public holiday in this province of Pakistan
Pakistan`s Sindh province has declared a public holiday on March 24 as a public holiday to mark the occasion of Holi - a religious festival of the Hindu community, the media reported on Sunday.
Mar 20, 2016, 09:30 AM IST
South Africa`s Zuma visits Nigeria
South Africa`s President Jacob Zuma begins a two-day state visit to Nigeria on Tuesday, which observers see as an attempt to mend fences between the continent`s largest economic powers.
Mar 08, 2016, 10:15 AM IST
