KABUL (PAN): Members of the Wolesi Jirga, during a debate on a draft poll law, on Wednesday differed on conditions for parliamentary and provincial council candidates.
KABUL (PAN): The Senate on Wednesday gave Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal an appreciation letter for exposing the Wolesi Jirga members involved in smuggling and seeking favours from the government.
KABUL (PAN): A parliamentary delegation that visited Goshta district in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday told the lower house Pakistani forces were building military posts in the area over the past decade due to the government’s negligence.
KABUL (PAN): Abdul Wodood Paiman, a member of the Wolesi Jirga, on Monday apologised for accusing 80 percent of lower house members of accepting briberies from ministers.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga -- lower house of parliament -- debate on on the fate of the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Services Commission (IARCSC) ended on an inconclusive note on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): A Wolesi Jirga member on Wednesday accused the Kandahar governor of stashing $35 million abroad, but a gubernatorial spokesman rejected the allegation as baseless.
KABUL (PAN): Some Wolesi Jirga members on Monday slammed a draft law of the Independent Administrative Reforms and Civil Services Commission (IARCSC) regarding recruitment exams for government employees as contrary to the constitution.
KABUL (PAN): A lawmaker on Monday claimed he had been offered the Wolesi Jirga Complaint Commission’s headship in return for $3,000, or 159,000 afghanis.
KABUL (PAN): A number of Wolesi Jirga -- or the lower house -- members on Saturday blamed some lawmakers for trying to rescue the 11 ministers summoned for under-spending their development funds.
KABUL (PAN): Wolesi Jirga (lower house) members on Tuesday came to blows over the issue of summoning nearly a dozen ministers for under-spending their development budgets.
