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At the same time, Kuwait became not only the first Arab, first Middle Eastern country to appoint women judges, but also the first Islamic country to do so.

Earlier, Kuwait appointed 8 women judges simultaneously for three years and now the government approved the appointment of 90 more women judges, but not all women were immediately appointed as judges.

According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabs, Kuwait’s Ministry of Justice has approved the appointment of 90 female trainee prosecutors as judges, as well as the hiring of 100 new trainees.

According to the newspaper, out of the 90 women who were approved by the government to be appointed as judges, 19 women were immediately appointed to the position of judges while the existing 15 judges were promoted to the next positions. was given.

Kuwait’s Supreme Judicial Council approved the appointment of 90 women judges who had demonstrated exceptional performance during training, but not all women were immediately appointed to judge positions, the report said.

However, following appointing 19 more women judges, Kuwait became the Arab and Gulf country with the highest number of female judges.

Earlier also in 2020, the Gulf country simultaneously appointed 8 women to the positions of judges.

Most women in Kuwait serve in local courts, but 15 recently promoted women will be appointed to higher positions.

Upper House of Parliament (Senate) Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Friday presented the “clear position of the government of Pakistan on Gaza” once morest Israel. crime war with reference to International Court of Justice I demanded action.

Leader of the House and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that ‘Pakistan is demanding an end to Israel’s brutality. The massacre of the Palestinian people must stop. The Prime Minister has also condemned Israel in Istana.

Ishaq Dar told the House that the students studying in the final year of medicine in Gaza will be educated in accredited medical institutions of Pakistan.

‘PMDC has decided to educate Palestinian students in recognized medical colleges on the request of the Foreign Office.’

Information Minister Atta Tarar said that the Prime Minister, while fighting the case of Palestine in Istana, said that ‘Israel should be held accountable. A ceasefire should be announced by stopping war crimes.’

Atta Tarar, speaking to the media later, said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s stand on Palestine in the recent meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was “historic”.

“When the prime minister said that Israel is killing innocent Palestinians and committing war crimes … he made a very clear point that Israel must be held accountable,” he said.

He added that Prime Minister Shehbaz also reiterated Pakistan’s position on the two-state solution, where Palestine is declared independent along pre-1967 borders and Jerusalem as its capital.

Atta Tarar further said that this is the right of the Palestinians. The Prime Minister echoed the sentiments of every Pakistani, irrespective of caste, race or creed, who stands with Palestine and has brought the issue of their oppression to a dignified global platform.’

State Owned Enterprises Governance and Operations Bill approved

The Senate also unanimously passed the State-Owned Institutions Governance and Operations Bill.

According to the bill, the performance of directors of state-owned enterprises will be evaluated and their removal will be recommended based on that.

“The board evaluation committee will check the performance of the institution and the federal government will terminate them on their recommendations.”

Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, giving the details of the bill, said that the procedure for removing the directors who are not working in the state institutions has been given in the bill.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf parliamentary leader Senator Ali Zafar said that there are other motives behind the bill.

‘The Board of Directors cannot be removed by show cause notice without passing legislation. They want to remove the board of directors. Their aim is to sell some state-owned enterprises. Their aim is to bring their people on board so that the institutions are sold understated value.’

Energy Minister Owais Laghari said that the issue of privatization has not appeared in the agenda before the board of directors. This modification is not intended for any particular purpose. We have only legislated for checks and balances.’

Advertisements to print and electronic media

In a written reply, the Federal Ministry of Information and Broadcasting told the Senate that during the last five years, advertisements worth Rs. Advertisements worth 6 billion 58 crores were issued to electronic media.

Information Minister Atta Tarar while talking regarding the procedure of advertisements said that ‘advertisements are given under the Services Manual of 1997. There is no yardstick for electronic media to judge how much advertising should be given to whom. Televisions are being advertised according to their ratings.’

Ata Tarar said that at the moment the advertisements of any channel are not closed. “No new tax has been imposed on newspapers while advertising policy needs to be made more coherent.” They want to bring a policy with the support of APNS.

Prime Minister Nazir Tarar said that NADRA is starting a pilot program of small centers in 1150 union councils across the country.

“After the next six months, NADRA centers will be set up in 6000 union councils and then in 5000 councils. NADRA centers will be established in all union councils of the country in two and a half years.

He further informed that NADRA has also started a bike system to provide facilities in remote areas, which aims to facilitate the special, sick and elderly people.