Wolesi Jirga (WJ) member from Kabul province Najibullah Nasir elected on Sunday as the deputy speaker of the house. Earlier, Javid Jaihon was elected as first deputy speaker of Wolesi Jirga, Karim Atal as secretary and Hujatullah Kheradmand…
The Wolesi Jirga on Monday approved the thrice-revised draft budget for 2021 fiscal year by a majority of votes. The lower house had twice rejected the draft budget for 1400 solar year over elimination of 1,100 provincial projects…
The Wolesi Jirga or lower house on Wednesday asked the government to compensate those affected by a fire breakout incident in Islam Qala Port and added that it was monitoring the nationwide protests and strike of drivers and…
The Wolesi Jirga Special Anti-Corruption Commission has introduced two lawmakers to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) over failure to register their assets. A member of the commission, who wished anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the assets record…
The Wolesi Jirga on Tuesday warned it would summon the finance minister if he failed to provide the expenditure report of Code 91 from 1398 fiscal year. Codes 91 and 92 are two major monetary allocation of national…
Political observers want the government to explain why some individuals, whose names have been removed from the list of Wolesi Jirga candidates over allegations of crimes, have been appointed to key positions. In 2018, the Independent Electoral Complaints…
KABUL speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani on Wednesday said security officials would be summoned to a special meeting to provide information about the security situation in southern Helmand province. It comes after acting Minister of Defense Asadullah Khalid traveled to Helmand…
KABUL Secretariat on Tuesday said the designate-ministers will be introduced to the lower house by the president during a special meeting next Tuesday. President Ashraf Ghani took oath of his second term on March 9,2020 and promised to quickly form…
KABUL or lower house of parliament on Wednesday once again called on the government to introduce the remaining ministers-designate for a trust vote. After his reelection and oath-taking on March 9, President Ashraf Ghani had promised to quickly form his…
KABUL on Monday decided to summon head of the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) to explain his comment regarding Persian language. Some youth today (Monday) gathered in front of Shahr-i-Naw Park and protested against the inclusion of Persian language…
KABUL or lower house of parliament on Monday with a majority of votes rejected a presidential legislative decree on the draft law on combating corruption. The Wolesi Jirga judicial commission presented information on the legislative decree to members of the…
KABUL on Tuesday failed to discuss items on the agenda due to verbal clashes among lawmakers in favor and against holding of former President Dr. Najibullah’s death anniversary. The planned 24th death anniversary of Dr. Najib’s could not be observed…
KABUL members on Wednesday strongly criticized a presidential decree ordering appointment and transfer of district police chiefs in consultation and coordination with the National Security Council (NSC). Recently, a decree was circulated on social media issued by the president in…
KABUL on Monday accused the government of creating illegal parallel departments and vowed not allocate budget for independent departments until the problem was resolved. A number of the lower house members at today’s session criticized what they called parallel illegal…
KABUL members on Monday criticized government National Food Package (NFP) and asked the lawmakers to resist the implementation of this project. Earlier, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the NFP and said that food items worth $244 million would be distributed…
KABUL on Monday rejected two legislative presidential decrees promoting the Petroleum Enterprise to a National Gas and Petroleum Authority and the National Examination Committee to as National Examination Authority. Nangyal Lawang, a member of the lower house Justice Commission, said…
KABUL budget amendment draft for fighting coronavirus. Following the rejection of the previous budget amendment plan, the government presented a new plan to the lower house which was presented to today’s session by finance and budget commission of the…
KABUL told on Monday. Mohammad Halim Ali Yar, deputy head of the Judicial Commission of Wolesi Jirga, said the government issued a legislative decree promoting the Department of Martyrs and Disabled in the Ministry of Work and Social Affairs…
New Vehicle Registration Plates (VRPs) have been printed for lawmakers and would be distributed to them next week. Wolesi Jirga Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani said on Monday that as a result of efforts by the Internal Security…
KABUL and some lawmakers claimed 70 percent of fund for combating coronavirus was embezzled. According to Pajhwok Afghan News report, 32 ventilators donated to Afghanistan were smuggled to neighboring Pakistan at a time when coronavirus patients are dying due to lack of oxygen…
Some Wolesi Jirga members on Monday said around 3,000 Vehicle Registration Plates (VRPs) belonging to the lower house were being used illegally. According to Pajhwok Afghan News report on January 8, 2019, five Wolesi Jirga and as many…
