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Every story Skardu Times has filed on senate, newest first.
No plan to cut passport fees, interior ministry tells Senate
Ministry reports Rs219.931 billion in passport fee collections over five years and says e-passports cost more to produce than machine-readable ones.
Pakistan told to cut blue passports to 25,000 for visa-free deals
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told a parliamentary committee that arrangements with 25 countries should be finalised within six months, but lawmakers disputed the figures.
Naqvi tells Senate JUI-F has crossed a line over NA speech
Interior minister warns the party it will lose state funds, employment and election tickets, drawing protests from opposition senators.
Adviser tells Senate Imran Khan's sister Noreen is well after treatment
Noreen Niazi was shifted from Kot Lakhpat jail to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology for high blood pressure, her lawyer said a day earlier.
Government reviews business rules to draw investment, minister says
Industries minister Haroon Akhtar Khan names no regulations or timeline, while SIFC steps up talks with businesses and the energy minister floats targeted power subsidies.
Power minister says DISCO losses down to Rs325bn from Rs591bn
Awais Leghari told the Senate circular debt had fallen to about Rs1.6 trillion, and that an income-based subsidy system will take one to one-and-a-half months to prepare.
Senate panel questions delay in compensation for seafarers' families
A committee was told three Pakistani sailors died in a Puntland operation Islamabad was not consulted on, and that $60,000 death benefits may take five to six months.
PTA blocks 15,039 suspicious links in online fraud crackdown
Documents given to a Senate committee show 95.75 per cent of 15,706 flagged links were blocked, along with thousands of mobile numbers and devices.
Senate panel orders probe into Rs7m US admission fraud after graduate's death
Human rights committee chair Samina Mumtaz Zehri demanded a transparent inquiry and criticised the HEC and Foreign Office for staying away from the hearing.
Power ministry moves to end six-month penalty above 200 units
Awais Leghari told the Senate the government is weighing a 250-unit threshold and wants any relief aimed at households below the poverty line.
PTI warns governor's rule may stall KP's 12 Senate seats
Gohar Ali Khan says the provincial assembly cannot elect senators while emergency rule continues, with the next Senate polls due in March 2027.
Senate passes unanimous resolution on Kashmir Black Day
Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Amir Muqam moved the resolution; the law minister and KP governor issued separate statements of support.
Senate rejects bill to curb diplomatic passports for advisers
The private member's move by PTI Senator Faisal Saleem Rehman and two colleagues sought to end diplomatic passports for ministers of state, advisers and senior officials.
Senate panel approves cosmetics bill with jail terms, fines
The draft law sets up a regulator for cosmetic products and provides up to seven years in prison and a Rs5 million fine for substandard manufacture or imports.
Pakistan approves encrypted phones for senior officials after data theft disclosure
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency told a Senate panel that call records, travel histories and family data of officials were stolen and sold.
Senate panel orders probe into telecom overcharging
A subcommittee headed by Senator Afnanullah Khan will examine whether Jazz charged customers Rs5.83 billion above PTA-approved tariffs and review the regulator's response.
PTA to brief Senate on nationwide internet after Supreme Court link fails
The communication link between the Supreme Court and its Quetta registry broke down on Thursday, and Senator Palwasha Khan said complaints are also coming from Islamabad.
Senate chairman leaves for Belarus after foreign travel ban
Yousaf Raza Gilani's official visit comes a day after the Senate announced a three-month ban on foreign visits, with specified exceptions.
Senate committee takes notice of Rawalpindi Christian woman's killing
Panel seeks detailed report from Punjab inspector general and calls for transparent, swift justice, UrduPoint reported.
Senate panel warns 33 glacial lakes pose flood risk
Senator Sherry Rehman says 7.1 million people in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa could be affected by glacial lake outburst floods.
Senate defence panel reviews airports, Gilgit expansion plans
The committee heard Gilgit runway work is done, Peshawar needs a new terminal, and private airlines are adding aircraft.
Opposition leader urges PM to form team for PTI talks
Allama Raja Nasir Abbas says dialogue is needed to reduce tension before the PTI long march on 27 September.
NCCIA busts network selling call records, NADRA data
Agency told senators that five suspects sold travel history, family trees and geolocation data; separately, 100 arrested in Islamabad raid.
