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Headline in The Philadelphia Inquirer of 16 November 1919 reporting the first use of cloture by the United States Senate. Cloture (UK: US: / ˈ k l oʊ tʃ ər /, [1] [2] also UK: / ˈ k l oʊ tj ʊər /), [3] closure [4] or, informally, a guillotine, [4] is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end.
This obviates the usual requirement for a two-thirds majority to invoke cloture on a resolution amending the Standing Rules. The nuclear option was notably invoked on November 21, 2013, when a Democratic majority led by Harry Reid used the procedure to reduce the cloture threshold for nominations, other than nominations to the Supreme Court ...
English: Executive Order No. 26 s. 2017 (Providing for the Establishment of Smoke-Free Environments in Public and Enclosed Places) PDF file on the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines website, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on May 16, 2017
Aik Din (Urdu: ایک دن) by Bano Qudsia is an Urdu novel. [1] The title this novel has 'Aik Din' implies 'One Day' in English . This novel is based on a social [ 2 ] reforming story written in a classic way which seems to be very close to reality.
Maslaha or maslahah (Arabic: مصلحة, lit. ' public interest ') is a concept in Sharia (Islamic divine law) regarded as a basis of law. [1] It forms a part of extended methodological principles of Islamic jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh) and denotes prohibition or permission of something, according to necessity and particular circumstances, on the basis of whether it serves the public ...
Rangila Rasul was published in May 1924 [4] and its copies sold out in a matter of a few weeks. [19]Originally published in Urdu [1] and later translated into Hindi, it was written by a member of the Hindu reformist Arya Samaj sect [20] by the name of Pandit Chamupati [21] (or Champovati).
'Book of Shahab'; pronounced [ʃə'ɦaːb naːma]) is an Urdu autobiography by renowned Pakistani writer, civil servant and diplomat Qudrat Ullah Shahab. It is an eyewitness account of the background of the subcontinent 's Muslims' independence movement and of the demand, establishment and history of Pakistan.
Federal Urdu University (Abdul-Haq campus), Karachi [2] Occupation(s) Researcher, scholar and a literary critic: Era: 20th century: Organization: Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu: Known for: Compiling a Standard English-Urdu Dictionary and a lifetime dedication to the promotion of Urdu language: Title: Baba-e-Urdu (lit. ' Father of Urdu ') Signature