SENATE SECRETARIAT

 

ORDERS OF THE DAY

 

for the meeting of the Senate to be held at 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 23rd December, 2015.

 

1.      Recitation from the Holy Quran.

 

QUESTIONS

 

2.      Questions entered in a separate list to be asked and answers given.

 

CONSIDERATION OF ADMISSIBILITY OF

ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS

 

3.      Admissibility of the following Adjournment Motions will be determined:-

 

(i)

Adj. Motion No. 02(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, regarding the mini budget envisaging additional taxes of Rs. 40 billion by imposing 5 to 10 % regulatory duty on importing of 61 items, increasing duty by 5% on another 289 items and laving 1% custom duty on hundreds of other items, in compliance of precondition of IMF;

 

Adj. Motion No. 03(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Swati, regarding levying of new taxes of Rs. 40 billion in the shape of mini budget by the Government while bypassing the Parliament;

 

Adj. Motion No. 04(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Sirajul Haq, regarding levying of new taxes of Rs. 40 billion in the shape of mini budget by the Government which has resulted into increase in prices of daily use products;

 

Adj. Motion No. 09(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senators Saleem Mandviwala, Mohsin Aziz and Saeed Ghani, regarding the increase in custom duty on various imported items including raw materials by the Government which results into increase in prices of various consumer goods;

 

Adj. Motion No. 10(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Osman Saifullah Khan, regarding levying of new taxes and duties of Rs. 40 billion which results into increase in prices of many goods;

 

C.A.N. No. 12(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, regarding ever raising prices of consumer goods in the country due to imposition of Taxes through mini Budget;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clubbed

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Adj. Motion No. 05 (122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Sirajul Haq, regarding hanging of senior political leaders of Jamat-e-Islami and BNP by Bangladesh Government through the so called international tribunal on crimes against humanity; and

 

 

 

(iii)

Adj. Motion No. 06 (122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Shahi Syed, regarding non-completion of alternate road at Margalla Avenue, Islamabad which is under construction for the last two years.

 

 

 

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PROCEDURE AND

PRIVILEGES - PRESENTATION OF:

 

4.      SENATOR DR. JEHANZEB JAMALDINI, Chairman, Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, to present report of the Committee, on Privilege Motion, moved by Senator Najma Hameed, on 11th November, 2015, regarding incorrect information provided by the Ministry of Water and Power in replies to her starred question Nos. 216 and 9, asked on 30th October, 2014 and 7th May, 2015, respectively.

 

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

 

5.      SENATOR COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI, to draw attention of the Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, to a matter of public importance regarding outbreak of dengue in the country as over 3000 cases in Karachi and over 2000 in Rawalpindi have been reported.

 

REPORTS TO BE LAID BEFORE THE SENATE

 

6.      MR. MOHAMMAD ISHAQ DAR, Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to lay before the Senate the Annual Report for the year 2014-2015 of the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank of Pakistan on the state of the Economy along-with the Statistical Supplement, as required under section 9A (f) of the State Bank of Pakistan Act, 1956.

 

7.      MR. MOHAMMAD ISHAQ DAR, Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to lay before the Senate the special audit report on clearance of circular debt of power sector (Rs. 480 Billion), as required under Article 171 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.

 

8.      SHAIKH AFTAB AHMED, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, to lay before the Senate the Annual Report of the National Economic Council for the Financial Year 2013-14, as required under clause (5) of Article 156 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

 

MOTION

 [Under Rule 126(7)]

 

9.      SHAHID KHAQAN ABBASI, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, to move that the Bill to provide for prosecution of cases of gas theft and other offences relating to gas and provide a procedure for recovery of amounts due [The Gas (Theft Control and Recovery) Bill, 2014], as passed by the Senate and transmitted to the National Assembly but not passed by the National Assembly within ninety days of its laying in the National Assembly, be considered in a joint sitting.

 

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

 

10.    MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law and Justice, to move that the Bill further to amend the Federal Judicial Academy Act, 1997 [The Federal Judicial Academy (Amendment) Bill, 2015], as reported by the Standing Committee, be taken into consideration at once.

 

11.    MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law and Justice, to move that the Bill further to amend the Federal Judicial Academy Act, 1997 [The Federal Judicial Academy (Amendment) Bill, 2015] be passed.

 

12.    MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law and Justice, to move that the Bill to ensure publication of the text of the laws of Pakistan free from errors of reproduction, updating and printing [The Publication of Laws of Pakistan Bill, 2015], as passed by the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.

 

13.    MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law and Justice, to move that the Bill to ensure publication of the text of the laws of Pakistan free from errors of reproduction, updating and printing [The Publication of Laws of Pakistan Bill, 2015] be passed.

 

14.    RANA TANVEER HUSSAIN, Minister for Science and Technology, to move that the Bill to establish the Pakistan Halal Authority to promote trade and commerce in Halal articles and processes [The Pakistan Halal Authority Bill, 2015], as passed by the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.

 

15.    RANA TANVEER HUSSAIN, Minister for Science and Technology, to move that the Bill to establish the Pakistan Halal Authority to promote trade and commerce in Halal articles and processes [The Pakistan Halal Authority Bill, 2015] be passed.

 

16.    MR. ZAHID HAMID, Minister for Human Rights, to move that the Bill further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 [The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2015], as passed by the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.

 

17.    MR. ZAHID HAMID, Minister for Human Rights, to move that the Bill further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 [The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2015] be passed.

 

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

 

18.    SENATOR MUKHTIAR AHMED DHAMRAH @ AAJIZ, to draw attention of the Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to a matter of public importance regarding steps taken for the population census 2016 as decided in the meeting of Council of Common Interest in March, 2015.

 

DISCUSSION ON THE ADMITTED ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS 

 

19.    Discussion on the following admitted adjournment motions:-

 

(i)

Admitted adjournment motion moved by Senator Shahi Syed, on 3rd November, 2015, to discuss the statement of Edward Joseph Snowden, former CIA official, that GCHQ, a secret agency of Britain, used to spy on the communication data of Pakistan, as reported in Daily Express dated 7th October, 2015; and

 

(ii)

Admitted adjournment motion moved by Senator Karim Ahmed Khawaja, on 12th November, 2015, that over five hundred candidates backed by banned outfits have made their way into the Punjab Local Government System, as published in “The Nation” on 10th November, 2015.

 

 

 

 

AMJED PERVEZ

Secretary

 

Islamabad, the

22nd December, 2015.