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2024 In Pakistan
The events listed below are both anticipated and scheduled for the year 2024 in Pakistan. Incumbents Federal government Provincial government State government Services chief Events January * 2 January – Unidentified gunmen kill six barbers in Mir Ali, Pakistan, Mir Ali, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. * 10 January – The Supreme Court of Pakistan upholds the 2019 death sentence upon former leader Pervez Musharraf, who died in February 2023. * 16 January – 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan: Iran launches a missile attack within Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan, targeting what it describes are terrorist sites. Pakistan calls the action an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace resulting in the death of two children and injuries to three others. * 17 January – Pakistan recalls its ambassador to Iran in response to the attack on Balochistan the previous day. * 18 January – Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar: The Pakistan Air Force launches "precision airstrikes" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024
Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ***''Steamboat Willie'', Walt Disney's first cartoon with synchronized sound, will also enter the public domain. The short is claimed to have featured the first appearance of Mickey Mouse. **Bulgaria is expected to adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone. * January 12 – January 28 – The 2024 European Men's Handball Championship will be held in Germany. * January 13 – The next New Zealand general election will be held no later than this date. * January 19 – February 2 – The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics will be held in Gangwon, South Korea. * February 1 – Finland's new president will take office if the election is decided in the first round. * February 14 – The 2024 Indonesian general election is scheduled to take place. * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf ( ur, ; born 26 December 1950) is a Pakistani politician, businessman and agriculturist who is the current Speaker of the National Assembly and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II). He served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from 22 June 2012 until completing his designated term on 16 March 2013. He has also served as the Senior Vice President of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an anti-establishment coalition of political parties in Pakistan. Prior to being elevated as prime minister, he served as the Minister for Water and Power in the Yousaf Raza Gillani-led government from March 2008 to February 2011. A senior-ranking leader in the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Rawalpindi District, Ashraf assumed premiership on 22 June 2012 after Yousaf Raza Gillani was disqualified over contempt of court charges. Shortlisted by the PPP as a candidate for the post, he was eventually elected based on a 211–89 vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Pakistan
Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakistan. First convened in 1973, the Senate's composition and powers are established by thArticle 59of the Constitution of Pakistan. Each of the four provinces are represented by 23 senators regardless of population, while the Islamabad Capital Territory is represented by four senators, all of whom serve staggered six-year terms. The Senate secretariat is located in the east wing of the Parliament Building; the National Assembly convenes in the west wing of the same building. The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the National Assembly, including the powers of making parliamentary bills as a being enforced into law. Elections are held every three years for one half of the Senate and each Senator has a term of six years. The Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Senators In The 14th Parliament Of Pakistan
Senators in the 14th Parliament of Pakistan refers to the members of the Senate of Pakistan in the 14th Parliament of Pakistan. The Senate is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakistan. The Senate of Pakistan consist of total 104 members. 23 elect by the members of each of the total four Provincial Assemblies of whom 14 elect on general seats, four on women seats, four on technocrats/ulema seats, while one elect on non-Muslim seat. From the FATA, eight senators elect by direct and free vote, while Islamabad sends 4 members to the Senate of whom two elect on general seats, while one each on women and technocrat. The tenure of a Senator lasts for six years but elections are held within the duration of three years – when one half of the members of the senate retire after completion of their tenure. The Senate election in Pakistan occurred on 5 March 2015 to elect one-half o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of Senate Of Pakistan
An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a king or saint. Emblems vs. symbols Although the words ''emblem'' and ''symbol'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a deity, a tribe or nation, or a virtue or vice. An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or patch. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal cockle shell, the emblem of St. James the Apostle, sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: St. Catherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Pakistan)
The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower legislative house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan (upper house). The National Assembly and the Senate both convene at Parliament House in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The National Assembly is a democratically elected body consisting of a total of 342 members who are referred to as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs), of which 272 are directly elected members and 70 reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. A political party or a coalition must secure 172 seats to obtain and preserve a majority. Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage, representing electoral districts known as National Assembly constituencies. According to the constitution, the 70 seats reserved for women and religious minorities ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The 16th National Assembly Of Pakistan
The 16th National Assembly of Pakistan is the legislature of Pakistan following the 2024 general election of members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan The Parliament of Pakistan ( ur, , , "Pakistan Advisory Council" or "Pakistan Consultative Assembly") is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameralism, bicameral federation, federal legislature that consists of .... By constituency See also * List of members of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan References {{Pakistani general election, 2024 2024 Pakistani general election Lists of members of the National Assembly of Pakistan by term Lists of current office-holders in Pakistan Lists of current national legislators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of National Assembly Of Pakistan
An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a king or saint. Emblems vs. symbols Although the words ''emblem'' and ''symbol'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a deity, a tribe or nation, or a virtue or vice. An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or patch. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal cockle shell, the emblem of St. James the Apostle, sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: St. Catherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Election Commissioner Of Pakistan
The Chief Election Commissioner is the authority and the appointed chair of the Election Commission of Pakistan— an institution constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and provincial legislatures. Before 1973, appointment of the commissioner only restricted to the civil services and appointments came from the President. After the promulgation of much and thoroughly reformed constitution in 1973, the constitutional provisions made mandatory and compulsory that the only appointments would come from the judicature branch's judges who were eligible to become Chief Election Commissioner, however later on an amendment to the Constitution allowed civil servants to be appointed to the post as well. The Constitution (or President on different occasions) lays the appointment and oath administered by the Chief Justice of Pakistan. Appointment of a Chief Election Commissioner The President of Pakistan appoint the Chief Election Commissioner a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikandar Sultan Raja
Sikandar Sultan Raja is a retired Pakistani civil servant who serves as the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, in office since January 2020. He belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Rizwan Ahmed, Hussain Asghar, Fawad Hasan Fawad and Jawad Rafique Malik. Raja retired from civil service in BPS-22 grade. He has the honour of having served at the top bureaucratic positions such as the Railways Secretary, Petroleum Secretary, SAFFRON Secretary, Federal Secretary Aviation and Chief Secretary of both Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Raja is the son-in-law of Saeed Mehdi, the former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Sindh. Sikandar was appointed Chief election commissioner by the bipartisan parliamentary committee unanimously in January 2020. Family Raja's father remained a Major in Pakistan Army. Raja has four brothers and four sisters. The eldest brother by the name of Zafar Sultan Raja is a ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of Pakistan
} The Chief Justice of Pakistan (Urdu: ) (Initialism, initials as CJP) is head of the court system of Pakistan (the Judiciary of Pakistan, judicature branch of Government of Pakistan, government) and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The officeholder is the senior most of 17 List of Justices of Supreme Court of Pakistan, senior justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Federal Court of Pakistan was established by Governor-General of Pakistan, Governor-General Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Jinnah's Order in February 1948. Until 1956, the chief justice and List of Justices of Supreme Court of Pakistan, senior justices were known by the title of 'Federal Judge', and the Federal Court of Pakistan operated out of a wing of the Lahore High Court, despite the federal capital's location in Karachi. The enactment of Pakistan's Constitution_of_Pakistan_of_1956, first constitution in March 1956 redesigned it as the 'Supreme Court of Pakistan.' The chief justice is the Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazi Faez Isa
Qazi Faez Isa ( ur, , born 26 October 1959) is a justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 5 September 2014. Previously, he served as Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court from 5 August 2009 to 5 September 2014. Early life and education Isa was born in Quetta, Balochistan, on 26 October 1959. He is the son of Qazi Muhammad Essa, a Pakistani politician and independence movement activist who was a close associate of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Isa's paternal grandfather was the Prime Minister of the Kalat State. He is of Hazara descent. The diplomat Ashraf Jehangir Qazi is his first cousin, and Jennifer Musa is his aunt through marriage to his paternal uncle Qazi Muhammad Musa. He completed his primary and secondary education in Quetta, did his "O" and "A" levels from Karachi Grammar School and went on to do B.A. (Honours) in Law, from London. He completed his Bar Professional Examination from the Inns of Court School of Law, London, and was called to the Bar of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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