SENATE SECRETARIAT
ORDERS OF THE DAY
for the meeting of
the Senate to be held at 4.00 p.m. on Monday, the 21st April, 2014.
1. Recitation from the Holy Quran.
SENATE BUSINESS
REPORT
OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE - PRESENTATION OF:
2. SENATOR HAJI MOHAMMAD ADEEL, Chairman,
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, to present report of the Committee on Public
Hearing on future of SAARC in the context of Pakistan-India relations.
PRIVATE
MEMBERS’ BUSINESS
3. Further discussion
on the following motion moved by Mr. Abdul Haseeb Khan on 10th
March, 2014:-
“This
House may discuss the overall condition of Health sector after devolution of
the subject of Health to provinces in pursuance of 18th Amendment in
the Constitution.”.
4. Discussion on the
following motion moved by Mian Raza Rabbani on 17th April, 2014:-
“The House may
discuss the Foreign Policy of the Government with particular reference to the
situation likely to emerge after elections in
5. MRS. RUBINA KHALID, MR. FARHATULLAH
BABAR, MRS. KALSOOM PARVEEN, MRS. RUBINA IRFAN, MRS. SAEEDA IQBAL AND MRS.
FARAH AQIL to move that this House may
discuss the latest pronouncements of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) with
particular reference to those relating to child marriages and easing of
restrictions on contracting second marriage by Muslim men.
6. MR.
FARHATULLAH BABAR to move that this House may discuss the overall
performance and problems being faced by the National Commission on the Status
of Women (NCSW).
7. COL. (R)
SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI to move that the House may discuss the increase of
fee in the Universities located in
8. MR.
MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD to move that the House may discuss the overall
performance of CDA with particular reference to removal of encroachments in
commercial and residential areas in
9. HAFIZ
HAMDULLAH to move that the House may discuss the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline
project.
10. SYEDA SUGHRA IMAM to move the following resolution:-
“The House calls upon the Government not to confer
MFN or NDMA status to India till such time that all the relevant Pakistani
sectors and stakeholders are given a level playing field by the Indian
Government (as per the Cabinet decision dated 29th February, 2012), which can
only be achieved through the removal / reduction of tariff barriers, non-tariff
barriers, subsidies, duties and other measures that will ensure both
market access and protection from unfair competition to Pakistani agricultural
and non-agricultural goods, exports and services.”.
11. MR. MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD to move the following resolution:-
“This House recommends that the Government
should take effective steps for poverty alleviation in the country.”.
12. HAFIZ HAMDULLAH to move the following resolution:-
“This House recommends that the Government may
take effective steps to promote Islamic Banking System in the country.”.
13. MR. FARHATULLAH BABAR to move the following resolution:-
“This House condemns the mob burning of a Hindu
temple in Larkana recently and calls upon the
Government to hold a judicial inquiry into the incident and bring the culprits
to justice.”.
14. COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI to move the following resolution:-
“This House recommends that the Government
should take immediate steps to broaden tax base in the country.”.
AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE RULES
(Under Rule 269)
15. MR. MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD to seek leave under sub-rule (4) of rule 269 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, to move the following amendments:-
(1) that in rule 184, for
sub-rule (2), the following be substituted namely:-
(2) The
sitting of a Committee shall ordinarily be held at
Provided that
the Chairman Senate may permit holding of a meeting outside
(2) that in rule 198,-
(a) in sub-rule (1),
for the full stop occurring at the end, a colon be substituted and thereafter, the
following provisos be added, namely:-
Provided that if there
is no response from the Minister concerned after elapse of seven clear days
from the date of notice for the proposed meeting, the consultation process
would be deemed to have been so made:
Provided
further that a meeting shall not be postponed at the request of the Ministry
beyond fourteen days of the proposed date of meeting.
(b) in sub-rule (3),
for the full stop occurring at the end, a colon be substituted and thereafter, the
following provisos be added, namely:-
Provided
that if the minister concerned, is unable to attend a meeting, he shall explain
the reasons of his absence to the committee:
Provided
further that if the Secretary or any other government functionary, required by
the Committee to attend the meeting, fails to do so, the Chairman Senate may,
on a motion being moved by a member of the Committee, refer the matter to the Committee
on Rules of Procedure and Privileges for consideration and such action as may
be deemed appropriate.”.
(If leave is
granted)
16. MR. MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD to move that the proposed amendments in rules 184 and 198 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, be taken into consideration.
17. MR. MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD to move that the proposed amendments in rules 184 and 198 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012 be passed.
PAPERS
TO BE LAID BEFORE THE SENATE
18. MR. AHSAN IQBAL, Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms to lay before the Senate the Report of Pakistan Vision 2025 and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
(Under Rule
218)
19. MR. AHSAN IQBAL, Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms to move that this House may discuss the Pakistan Vision 2025 and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
AMJED
PERVEZ
Secretary
18th April, 2014.