SENATE SECRETARIAT
ORDERS OF THE DAY
for the meeting of the Senate to be held
at 10.15 a.m. on Thursday, the 16th
April, 2015..
1. Recitation
from the Holy Quran.
QUESTIONS
2. Questions entered in a separate
list to be asked and answers given.
AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE RULES
(Under Rule 277)
3. RAJA MUHAMMAD ZAFAR-UL-HAQ, LEADER OF THE
HOUSE AND MR. AITZAZ AHSAN, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION to seek leave
under sub-rule (4) of rule 277 of the
Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, to move the
following amendments:-
(1) that in the Rules
of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, for rule 58, the
following shall be substituted, namely:-
“58. No publicity of answers to questions in
advance.— Answers to questions which Ministers
propose to give in the Senate shall be placed on the members’ desk as well as shall be electronically sent to
the members two hours before the commencement of question hour and shall
not be released for publication until the answers have actually been given on
the floor of the Senate or laid on the Table.”.
(2) that in rule 67,-
(i) for the word “one”, the word “two” shall be substituted; and
(ii) for the “full
stop” occurring at the end a “colon”
shall be substituted and thereafter, the following proviso shall be added,
namely:-
“Provided
that the second matter shall not be
raised by the same members who have raised the first matter.”.
“COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE HOUSE
172A. Constituting the Committee.- The House
may constitute itself into a Committee of the Whole on a motion by the Leader
of the House or Leader of the Opposition. When the House constitutes itself
into a Committee of the Whole, it functions as one Committee acting upon any
matter(s) referred by the House and conducts its proceedings like a regular
Committee with its membership composed of all the members of the House:
Provided
that if a motion to constitute the House into a Committee of the Whole is not
passed, a similar motion shall not be presented within the same session.
172B. Proceedings.- (1) The Chairman or any member nominated by the Chairman
shall preside over the Committee.
(2) The Committee shall conduct business only
when there is a quorum. If there is no quorum, the Chairman or the person
nominated by the Chairman to preside shall immediately suspend its proceedings.
(3) In addition to his vote as a member, the
Chairman or the person nominated by the Chairman to preside shall, in the event
of on equality of votes, have a casting vote.
(4) Documents and papers in possession of the
House or the Senate Secretariat may be called for by any member and read by the
Secretary Senate for the information of the Committee unless the Committee
orders otherwise. Resource persons and/or technical assistants may be invited
to attend the proceedings, and upon permission of the Chairman, may directly
answer questions and inquiries asked by the members.
(5) When a Committee of the whole has concluded
consideration of a matter referred to it, the Leader of the House or the Leader
of the Opposition, as the case may be, shall make a report to the House.
Matters reported shall be presented before the House for action as though
reported by any other Committee.
(6) The Committee shall have power to require
the attendance of any person or summon production of papers, records from any
Division, department, autonomous body, semiautonomous body or organization, or
examine such persons on oath or solemn affirmation, or invite or summon any
person to give evidence in relation to any matter under its consideration.”.
(4) that in rule 194, for sub-rule (1), the
following shall be substituted, namely:-
“(1) Where the Senate has not fixed any time for
the presentation of a report, the report of a Committee shall be presented
within sixty days from the date on which reference was made to it by the
Senate:
Provided that the House may, on a motion for extension of time, moved
before the expiry of time fixed by the Senate or within sixty days, allow that
the time for presentation of the report be extended to a date specified in the
motion:
Provided
further that if the House is not in session or is not likely to re-assemble
till after the expiry of the date fixed for the presentation of the report, the
Chairman in his Chamber may grant the required extension of time on behalf of
the House and the House shall be informed of such extension of time as soon as
it re-assembles.
Explanation,- For the purposes of motion for extension of time, it
shall be the responsibility of the Secretary Committee to initiate the process
well before time.”.
(5) that after rule 265, the following new rule shall be
added, namely:-
“265A. Periodical reports by Ministers on
matters referred by the House.- (1) Ministers
concerned shall, after every three months, appear before the House and make
reports on all matters referred by the
House and recommendations made by Committees.
Explanation.- The time period of
three months contemplated in this rule shall be computed from commencement of
Parliamentary Year i.e. 12th March of every year, accordingly,
reports shall be due in June, September, December and March.
(2) The time for making reports shall be
allotted on different days in rotation to the Ministers concerned as the
Chairman may, from time to time, specify.
(3) The Senate Secretariat shall, on monthly basis,
issue a consolidated list of matters referred by the House and recommendations
made by Committees.”.
(If
leave is granted)
4. RAJA MUHAMMAD ZAFAR-UL-HAQ,
LEADER OF THE HOUSE AND MR. AITZAZ AHSAN, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION to move that the proposed amendments
in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012,
regarding amendment of rules 58, 67, 194 and insertion of new rules 172A, 172B
and 265A, be taken into consideration.
5. RAJA MUHAMMAD ZAFAR-UL-HAQ,
LEADER OF THE HOUSE AND MR. AITZAZ AHSAN, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION to move that the proposed amendments
in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012,
regarding amendment of rules 58, 67, 194 and insertion of new rules 172A, 172B
and 265A, be adopted.
CONSIDERATION OF ADMISSIBILITY
OF
ADJOURNMENT MOTION
6. Admissibility of the following
Adjournment Motion will be determined:-
(i) |
Adj. Motion No.2(114)/2015-M notice given of by Senator
Ilyas Ahmad Bilour regarding the incident of planting of bomb near the
House of Mr. Abdul Latif Afridi, Ex-MNA and prominent leader of ANP. |
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
7. MR. SIKANDAR HAYAT KHAN BOSAN, Minister for
National Food Security and Research, to move that the Bill to amend the Seed Act, 1976 [The Seed Amendment
Bill, 2015], as passed by the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.
8. MR. SIKANDAR HAYAT KHAN BOSAN, Minister for
National Food Security and Research, to move that the Bill to amend the Seed Act, 1976 [The Seed Amendment
Bill, 2015] be passed.
9. MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law,
Justice and Human Rights, to move
that the Bill further to amend the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973
[The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Bill, 2015], as passed by
the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.
10. MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law,
Justice and Human Rights, to move
that the Bill further to amend the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act,
1973 [The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Bill, 2015] be
passed.
11. MR. MOHAMMAD ISHAQ DAR, Minister for
Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to move that the Bill to provide for the
incorporation and functioning of credit bureaus and to provide for matters
connected therewith and incidental thereto [The Credit Bureaus Bill, 2015], as
passed by the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.
12. MR. MOHAMMAD ISHAQ DAR, Minister for
Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to move that the Bill to provide for the
incorporation and functioning of credit bureaus and to provide for matters
connected therewith and incidental thereto [The Credit Bureaus Bill, 2015] be
passed.
13. MR. MOHAMMAD ISHAQ DAR, Minister for
Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to move that the Bill to amend and
consolidate law for the regulation of the securities industry and the
protection of investors [The Securities Bill, 2015], as reported by the
Standing Committee, be taken into consideration at once.
14. MR. MOHAMMAD ISHAQ DAR, Minister for
Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to move that the Bill to amend and consolidate
law for the regulation of the securities industry and the protection of
investors [The Securities Bill, 2015] be passed.
15. CHAUDHRY NISAR
ALI KHAN, Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control, to move that
the Bill to rationalize and reorganize the local government system in the
Federal Capital [The Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government Bill, 2015],
as passed by the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.
16. CHAUDHRY NISAR
ALI KHAN, Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control, to move that
the Bill to rationalize and reorganize the local government system in the
Federal Capital [The Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government Bill, 2015]
be passed.
(Under Rule 157 (2)
17. Discussion on
the following Motion moved by Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Minister for Inter-Provincial
Coordination, on 14th April, 2015:-
“That the Senate may discuss the Annual
Report of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) for the year 2012-2013 laid on
the Table of the House on 6th June, 2014.”.
CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE
18. SENATOR MUHSIN AZIZ to draw attention of the Minister
for Petroleum and Natural Resources to a matter of sufficient public importance
regarding legality of recent increase in prices of Petroleum products by the
Government.
AMJED PERVEZ
Secretary
15th April, 2015.