KABUL (Pajhwok): Scuffles broke out in Wolesi Jirga or lower house of parliament between lawmakers as part of an ongoing dispute over the speaker position and led to suspension of the house live broadcast. On May 16, the election for the speaker...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Salaries and other privileges of Wolesi Jirga members have been suspended and a process to collect weapons from their bodyguards is underway, officials said Tuesday. On the other hand, a number of the former Wolesi Jirga members say...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Wolesi Jirga members on Wednesday welcomed High Peace Council (HPC) Secretary Omar Daudzai’s recent visit to Pakistan and fresh comments of Maulana Fazl Rahman regarding the Afghan peace and reconciliation. Renowned Pakistani...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of Wolesi Jirga or lower house members on Monday criticized the Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s allegations against the acting defense minister Asadullah Khalid as ‘biased’ and ‘baseless’. The lawmakers termed the report a...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The documents of four ministers-designate and two Supreme Court members, President Ashraf Ghani’s nominees, have reached the Wolesi Jirga and may be introduced next week, the lower house said on Monday. Several key ministries...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday criticized US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks about the former Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan and supported President Afshraf Ghani’s stance in this regard. During a Cabinet...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Wolesi Jirga on Monday summoned five ministers for next week over their failure to spend their development budgets. Minister of public Works, justice, counternarcotics, transport and telecommunications have been summoned to...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday raised questions over the 12-member government’s team for talks with the Taliban and asked reconsidering the list. President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said a roadmap for peace in his war-torn...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Higher Education Minister Najibullah Khwaja Umari on Sunday said some parliamentarians had a hand in the clash on the Kabul University campus, in which one person was killed and several others were arrested. Umari, who appeared...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Wolesi Jirga could not hold its once a week session on Monday because a majority of the house members were absent campaigning for their reelection in the Oct 20 polls. Earlier, Wolesi Jirga speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi had said...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga members on Monday asked the government to revoke the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States because the deal had resulted in increased insecurity instead of peace and stability. The BSA was inked...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Wolesi Jirga members from eastern provinces on Monday claimed the security situation in the eastern zone, particularly Nangarhar, has been artificially deteriorated.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament on Monday expressed concern over increasing insecurity in the country and confrontation between the government and political parties. Wolesi Jirga speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi told...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga members, describing the afghani’s depreciation ‘a matter of concern’ for low-paid government employees, on Wednesday demanded the Central Bank chief to be summoned to the lower house. According to Pajhwok, in July...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Wednesday’s session of the Wolesi Jirga , or lower house of Parliament, ended with an exchange of harsh words between two lawmakers. Earlier, civil society activists and residents of southern Ghazni province demanded reopening of...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday expressed their concern about continued differences between unity government leaders over the electronic National Identity Cards (e-NICs).
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga (lower house) members on Wednesday expressed concern over the attachment of a sticker to paper identity cards of those registering to vote. The lawmakers were of the view that the sticker attachment had slowed down...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Wolesi Jirga members on Wednesday said corruption in supply system of logistic materials to security forces had been behind the collapse of security posts. Mohammad Arif Rahmani, a lower house member from southern Ghazni...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Influential lawmakers from southeastern Afghanistan , criticizing the unity government and the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) for what they alleged fueling ethnic strife, have said they would soon announce a new national political alliance.
KABUL (Pajhwok): A majority of Wolesi Jirga members have cited insecurity and conflict as among biggest obstacles to the conduct of upcoming parliamentary elections in a survey released on Monday. One-third members of the lower house representing 29...