SENATE SECRETARIAT

 

ORDERS OF THE DAY

 

for the meeting of the Senate to be held at 3.00 p.m. on Tuesday, the  29th 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. 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;

 

 

(ii)

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; and

 

 

(iii)

Adj. Motion No. 13 (122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar, regarding protest of thousands of teachers belonging to FATA in front of Press Club, Islamabad for their promotion and other facilities.

 

 

MOTIONS

 [Under Rule 194(1)]

 

4.      SENATOR HAFIZ HAMDULLAH, Chairman, Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony, to move that under sub-rule (1) of rule 194 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, the time for presentation of report of the Committee on the subject matter of starred question No. 118, asked by Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Swati on 18th September, 2015, regarding the complaint cell working in the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony to deal with the complaints against private Hajj and Umra operators, may be extended for a further period of thirty working days with effect from 31st December, 2015, as more time is needed for presentation of report for the reasons to be explained in the House.

 

5.      SENATOR MUHAMMAD JAVED ABBASI, Chairman, Standing Committee on Law and Justice, to move under sub-rule (1) of rule 194 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, that period for submission of Report on “The National Accountability (Amendment) Bill, 2015”, referred by the House on 2nd November, 2015, may be extended for a further period of thirty working days with effect from 1st January, 2016, in order to enable the Committee to finalize report in consultation with the provinces.

 

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

 

6.      SENATOR SITARA AYAZ, to draw attention of the Minister for Railways, to a matter of public importance regarding the dilapidated condition of the tunnel on railway track near Taxila between Islamabad and Peshawar.

 

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

 

7.      SHAIKH AFTAB AHMED, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, to move that the Bill further to amend the Civil Servants Act, 1973 [The Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill, 2015], as passed by the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.

 

8.      SHAIKH AFTAB AHMED, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, to move that the Bill further to amend the Civil Servants Act, 1973 [The Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill, 2015] be passed.

 

STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER

 

9.      Statement by Mrs. Saira Afzal Tarar, Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, on the Prime Minister’s Health Programme.

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

 

10.    SENATOR SIRAJUL HAQ, to draw attention of the Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, to a matter of public importance regarding the use of milk booster injections to milk yielding cattle to enhance the production / quantity of milk.

 

DISCUSSION ON THE ADMITTED ADJOURNMENT MOTION 

 

11.    Discussion on the admitted adjournment motion moved by Senator      Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, on 23rd December, 2015, on his behalf and on behalf of Senators Mohammad Azam Khan Swati, Sirajul Haq, Saleem Mandviwala, Mohsin Aziz, Saeed Ghani and Osman Saifullah Khan, regarding the mini budget envisaging additional taxes of Rs. 40 billion by imposing 5 to 10 % regulatory duty on import of 61 items, increasing duty by 5% on 289 items and levying 1% custom duty on hundreds of other items, in compliance of preconditions of IMF.

 

 

 

                                                                                 AMJED PERVEZ

                                                                                   Secretary

 

Islamabad, the

28th December, 2015.