Legislation

Legislation includes bill enforcing tough new spending rules, strengthening role of independent Office of Budget

Spokesperson says historic legislation achieved through dialogue and peaceful advocacy

Thanks to a legislation passed during PTI’s rule, Sharif family is able to relocate three sugar mills to South Punjab

PM for creation of job opportunities in Balochistan

Denmark has taken a step in the right direction by mulling to bring in legislation against sacrilegious acts

Laws to focus on protecting children and on ensuring companies removed content that was prohibited in terms of service

US Congress passed legislation to subsidize semiconductor industry as it competes with foreign manufacturers

Rules include acts rendering KPRA administratively, financially autonomous

Separation of legislation and executive can curtail the abuse of absolute power

Speaker says a total of 28 bills will be presented for approval

Activists decry ‘lack of will’ among parliamentarians, industrialists to improve workers’ conditions

Committee to introduce a new structure through an act of parliament rather than an ordinance

Think tank notes policy-making done on reactionary approach for short-term solutions

Although pandemic disrupted proceedings initially, parliament managed to convert 36 bills into acts

Pakistan has taken steps to avoid black list but these should be expressed aggressively

As the new legislation could pave the way for the govt to stop buying grain at guaranteed prices

Legislation should always be done with national consensus after ensuring that all stakeholders are onboard

UK must agree not to implement change to legislation that could distort trade with the bloc says Barnier

Amid uproar, assembly passes bills in line with FATF recommendations

Animals cannot speak, so we must speak for them and protect them from cruelties

Imran says PTI will not compromise over its anti-corruption manifesto to strike deal on FATF-related bills

Says the government does not want to tarnish anyone’s honour, but bring looters to justice

Provincial govt tells SC it has allocated special fund for provision of PPE to janitorial staff

The new law prompts alarm that it could erode freedoms through “force and fear” in the the former British colony

E-Health comes with many challenges and the right policies need to be developed to gain maximum benefit

CM approves Health Professional Allowance, Special Health Care Allowance for physiotherapists

Committee to approach opposition parties, govt efforts to draft legislation pick pace

PM Imran constitutes a committee to contact the opposition for consensus over the issue

Ruling party ready to amend current policies to garner opposition support

A rare show of unity by the usually partisan media industry

Drivers treated as employees

Usman Buzdar says newly-introduced local bodies system will rectify past mistakes

The adviser said that Sindh was the first province to pass bill on ADR

My goal is to dispense expeditious justice, says chief justice

There is a dire need to rework mental health legislation in Sindh

The amount of rights given by the laws of Pakistan to employees working in the private sphere needs to increase

Centre, provinces insist on provincial authority over legislation

Thailand legalised marijuana on Tuesday in a landmark decision for a region with some of the harshest drug laws

Thatta SSP says the police were facing difficulties in action for want of legislation

Former CJ had restored section which allowed different grounds for divorce

Weak and inadequate laws are responsible for destruction of trees

Pakistan’s National Assembly passed ‘The Acid and Burn Crime Bill 2017’ in May 2018

The legislation becomes part of the country's basic laws, which serve as a de facto constitution

'It’s really about trying to silence and cover up what’s been going on in the occupied territories for 51 years'

Deputy speaker of the lower house of parliament says Individuals would have to publish reports about their financing

Past performance can be gauged in idiosyncratic terms

Legislation aims to make it easier to prosecute social media platforms and websites that facilitate sex trafficking

Doctors come under the same legislation as teachers and they will be watching developments closely

10-12% of total population of Pakistan suffer from disabilities, according to a report

Bill allows community members to get identity of their choice without chromosomes test