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KP lawmakers unite to demand threefold pay raise

Edit Dawn 25 Jun 2016
Members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution to demand a 300 per cent increase in their salary to bring it on par with the Balochistan MPAs’. The resolution was moved in the house by JUI-F member Maulana Asmatullah ... The lawmaker said the resolution regarding the MPAs’ salary was passed unanimously and the implementation of unanimously passed resolution was binding on the provincial government....

Pyle: Point the porn-sniffing dogs at Wall Street

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 25 Jun 2016
A couple of months ago, when the Legislature filled Utah’s quota of stuff for comedy writers to make fun of, we were all assured that the state’s resolution declaring pornography to be a “public health hazard” did not mean anyone was about to ban anything. Neither the resolution’s main sponsor, Sen ... The resolution called for ... ....

Harmony and Dissonance: Two Meetings of the Democrats and the Left

Edit Alternet 25 Jun 2016
In Long Beach, at a meeting of the California Democratic Party’s executive committee, backers of both Sanders and Hillary Clinton signed on unanimously to a compromise resolution that called for reducing the number and power of super-delegates in future Democratic presidential contests, and for electing all future delegates in primaries rather than caucuses....

Brexit Effect: NC Wants Referendum On Autonomy

Edit Kashmir Observer 25 Jun 2016
Last month the opposition National Conference submitted a resolution on autonomy for the ongoing Assembly session while independent legislators accused the PDP-BJP alliance of diluting it ... The NC has submitted a resolution where it has sought the House’s support to “impress upon the Government of India to implement the autonomy resolution, which ......

NSS opposes any change to ban on women entry in Sabarimala

Edit Deccan Herald 25 Jun 2016
A resolution to this effect was passed at the NSS' annual conference at its headquarters in Changanacherry near here ... The resolution, a copy of which was released to media, also noted that the rituals of the temple and the presiding deity Lord Ayyappa, who is considered to be "perennial celibate" (Naishtika Brahmachari), have been practised for hundreds of years....

Shelby County’s budget battle impacted by use of previous surplus revenues

Edit Commercial Appeal 25 Jun 2016
However, a resolution passed by a previous commission dictated exactly where excess education funds would go. That resolution limits spending on education operations to the exact amount approved in each year's budget, said Mike Swift, county chief financial officer ... "That's what we were told to do by resolution." ... Shafer said she's already considering a new resolution that would make the disclosure of where surplus funds go more clear ... ....

HC raps housing board over unused public buildings

Edit The Times of India 25 Jun 2016
The secretary of urban development department convened a meeting and passed a resolution to hand over the buildings in February 2012 ... But, the TNHB converted the area into commercial and residential use according to their resolution in December, 2013. Without the knowledge of the Chennai Metropolital Development Authority (CMDA), the TNHB passed another resolution in March, 2015 proposing to construct LIG, MIG and HIG flats as well....

EC meeting of Vadodara BJP to focus on assembly polls

Edit The Times of India 25 Jun 2016
VADODARA ... The committee will also pass a resolution lauding the work done by the state as well as central government. A similar resolution was passed earlier by the state executive committee of the party ... RELATED....

Explain delay in handing govt buildings: HC to TNHB

Edit The Times of India 25 Jun 2016
The Secretary, State Urban Development Department had convened a meeting and also passed a resolution to hand over the buildings in February, 2012 ... However, TNHB converted this area into commercial and residential use as per their resolution in December 2013, she alleged....

Tribunal system could be best of both worlds

Edit The National 25 Jun 2016
Many tribunals, such as the Traffic Penalties Tribunal, deal with a large volume of low-value matters (in which video hearings are the norm, and other online dispute resolution techniques are being tried) ... Legal developments in the Gulf provide an opportunity in terms of dispute resolution, which may result in a uniquely Gulf savoir-faire....

US Legislator: China's Organ Harvest 'Nazi-like'

Edit Voa News 25 Jun 2016
congressional joint subcommittee convened a hearing Thursday on China's illicit organ transfers, just two weeks after the House passed a resolution urging Beijing to stop harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience ... House action On June 13, the House unanimously passed a resolution urging China to stop harvesting the organs of prisoners of conscience and to end the 17 years of persecution against Falun Gong....

Korean War vets in Congress urge new talks with N. Korea over MIA remains

Edit Stars and Stripes 25 Jun 2016
The three remaining Korean War veterans in Congress introduced a resolution Friday calling on the U.S ... (D-Mich.), and Sam Johnson (R-Tex.) introduced House Resolution 799 to coincide with the 66th anniversary of the start of the Korean War on June 25, 1950, which ended in armistice in July 1953 ... “This resolution would ensure that the heroic service ......

Rubio, Nelson Resolution Honoring Khobar Towers Victims Passes Senate (Marco Rubio)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) released the following statements after yesterday's passage of a resolution they cosponsored honoring its victims ... 'As most of the victims of the attack were Florida based airmen, Senator Nelson and I are proud to see our resolution pass the Senate to fully ......
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