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Senate Rejects Bill to Restrict Diplomatic Passports for Officials
The Senate on Monday rejected a motion to introduce the Passports (Amendment) Bill 2026, which sought to restrict the issuance of diplomatic passports to ministers…
Senate Passes Passport Amendment Bill 2026 to Restrict Blue Passports
The Senate on Monday unanimously passed the Passport Amendment Bill 2026, which ends the automatic issuance of blue passports to children of government officials. The…
Senate Goes Digital With New App to Transform Legislative Operations
Senate Secretariat has launched a dedicated mobile application aimed at digitizing the chamber’s legislative operations and moving toward a paperless Parliament. The application was unveiled…
Senate Demands Immediate Tax Cuts on Imported Mobile Phones as 40M Crypto Accounts Surface
Today, the Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat raised serious alarms over Pakistan’s digital taxation policies. Chaired by Senator Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan, the panel demanded an…
MoITT to Introduce Fresh Telecom Bill to Bypass Parliamentary Delays
The Ministry of IT and Telecommunications (MoITT) has officially initiated the process to withdraw the Pakistan Telecom (Re-organization) Amendment Bill 2026 from the Senate. The…
Senate Secretariat to Launch Mobile Application for Senators
The Senate Secretariat is set to introduce a comprehensive mobile application for Members of the Senate as part of a major digital transformation initiative led…
Senate Returns Rs1.4 Billion to Exchequer Through Austerity Drive
The Senate of Pakistan has surrendered savings of Rs. 1.436 billion to the national exchequer through a comprehensive austerity and expenditure rationalisation programme implemented across…
Govt Holds 62.18% Shares in PTCL, Received No Dividend in Five Years
The Government of Pakistan holds 62.18 percent shares in Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the Senate was informed on Tuesday. Responding to a question raised…
Finance Division Under Fire for Missing Details on Rs3.3bn IMF Funds
The Finance Division came under scrutiny for failing to provide details of Rs3.3 billionn IMF budgetary funds, a lapse that immediately alarmed the Senate Standing…
HEC Chairman Appointment Delayed Due to NITB Job Portal Glitch
The appointment of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman has been delayed after a technical malfunction in the National Information Technology Board (NITB) job portal…
Jazz Overcharging Case Lands in Public Accounts Committee
The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication has referred the Jazz overcharging case to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after an audit revealed…
Senator Blocked from Proposing Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrencies in Pakistan
Islamabad: The Virtual Assets Bill 2025 , proposed by Senator Dr. Afnan Ullah Khan, was blocked in the Senate after Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar…
Govt considering a reduction in taxes on mobile phones
In a Senate Committee session, it was considered if the taxes on mobile phones should be further reduced. The committee also discussed recent incidents in…
