SENATE SECRETARIAT

ORDERS OF THE DAY

 

for the meeting of the Senate to be held at 3.00 p.m. on Thursday, the 14th January, 2016.

 

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 MOTION

 

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

 

 

Adj. Motion No. 03 (123)/2016-M, notice given of by Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed to discuss the speech delivered by US President Barack Obama to the State of the Union wherein he mentioned the name of Pakistan in the context of terrorism / extremism and stated that instability will continue for decades in parts of Pakistan which runs counter to the claims of the Government of Pakistan regarding successes of operation    Zarb-e-Azb.

 

 

DISCUSSION

 

4.      Discussion on the draft Rules of the Senate Committee on Ethics and draft Code of Conduct for Members of the Senate of Pakistan as prepared by the Special Committee on Ethics.

 

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

 

5.      SENATORS SAMINA ABID AND COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI, to draw attention of the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, to a matter of public importance regarding low pressure / shortage of gas in various parts of the country particularly in Lahore, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Sheikhupura, Quetta, Karachi and Frash Town Phases-I and II, Islamabad.

 

 

REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE - PRESENTATION OF:

 

6.      SENATOR SALEEM MANDVIWALA, Chairman, Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to present report of the Committee on Demand No. 7 out of 24 demands made by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

 

MOTION

 [Under Rule 194(1)]

 

7.      SENATOR HAFIZ HAMDULLAH, Chairman, Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony, to move under sub-rule (1) of        rule 194 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, that the delay in presentation of report of the Committee on Starred Question            No. 156, asked by Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, on 3rd August, 2010, regarding the release of Zakat funds to the provinces during the financial years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 with province-wise break-up, be condoned till today.

 

 

REPORTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE - PRESENTATION OF:

 

 

8.      SENATOR HAFIZ HAMDULLAH, Chairman, Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony, to present report of the Committee on Starred Question No. 156, asked by Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, on 3rd August, 2010, regarding the release of Zakat funds to the provinces during the financial years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 with province-wise break-up.

 

9.      SENATOR HAFIZ HAMDULLAH, Chairman, Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony, to present report of the Committee on 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 and number of complaints received in the Ministry against the said operators so far and the action taken thereon.

 

10.    SENATOR HAFIZ HAMDULLAH, Chairman, Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony, to present report of the Committee on motion under rule 218, moved by Senator Kalsoom Perveen, on 13th October, 2015, regarding discussion on Hajj Policy of the Government and performance of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, with particular reference to recent stampede at Mina, Makkah.

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

 

 

11.    SENATOR COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI, to draw attention of the Minister Incharge of the Aviation Division, to a matter of public importance regarding non-increase in pension of employees of PIA as per the increase made in the salaries of PIA employees and non-payment of minimum pension @ Rs. 6000/- per month to the employees of PIA.

 

 

 

 

 AMJED PERVEZ

Secretary

Islamabad, the

13th January, 2016.