SENATE SECRETARIAT
ORDERS OF THE DAY
for the meeting of the Senate to be
held at 3.00 p.m. on Monday, the 6th July, 2015.
1. Recitation from the Holy Quran.
REPORTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES - PRESENTATION
OF:
2. MR.
MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD, Chairman, Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat to present report of the Committee on
the Bill further to amend the Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group
Insurance Act, 1969 [The Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance
(First Amendment) Bill, 2015].
3. MR.
MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD, Chairman, Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat to present report of the Committee on
the Bill further to amend the Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance
Act, 1969 [The Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance (Second
Amendment) Bill, 2015].
4. MS.
RAHILA MAGSI, Chairperson, Standing Committee on Federal Education and
Professional Training to present report of the
Committee on the Bill to provide for the establishment of Capital University of
Science and Technology [The Capital University of Science and Technology Bill,
2015].
REPORT
OF THE FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES - PRESENTATION OF:
5. AGHA
SHAHBAZ KHAN DURRANI, Chairman, Functional Committee on Government Assurances to present report of the Committee on the issue of releasing of funds for K-4 Project, Karachi.
AMENDMENTS
TO THE SENATE RULES
(Under Rule 277)
6. MR. MUHAMMAD MOHSIN KHAN LEGHARI 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 that in the said Rules, in rule 166, in sub-rule
(4),-
(i) for the word
“expenditures”, appearing in the first line, the words “budgetary allocation
and its utilization” 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 Committee shall bi-annually examine the budgetary allocation and its
utilization by the Ministry concerned and present a report in this regard
before the House within forty-five days.”.
(If
leave is granted)
7. MR. MUHAMMAD MOHSIN KHAN
LEGHARI to move that
the proposed amendments in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in
the Senate, 2012, regarding amendments in rule 166, be taken into
consideration.
8. MR. MUHAMMAD
MOHSIN KHAN LEGHARI
to move that the proposed amendments in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of
Business in the Senate, 2012, regarding amendments in rule 166, be adopted.
9. 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, in rule 9,-
(i) for sub-rule (2), the following shall be substituted,
namely:-
“(2) The first meeting of the Senate for election
of the Chairman shall be presided over by the outgoing Chairman or, in his
absence, by a person nominated by the President, for the purpose, hereinafter
in this rule and in rule 10 referred to as the Presiding Officer:
Provided that no
person shall preside over the meeting for the election in which he himself is a
candidate.”.
(ii) after sub-rule
(2) amended as aforesaid, the following new sub-rule shall be added, namely:-
“(2A) Any subsequent meeting for the election of the
Chairman shall be presided over by the outgoing Chairman or, in his absence, by
the Deputy Chairman or when the office of Deputy Chairman is also vacant or he
is otherwise unable to preside over such meeting, by a person nominated by the
President, for the purpose, hereinafter in this rule and in rule 10 referred to
as the Presiding Officer:
Provided
that no person shall preside over the meeting for the election in which he
himself is a candidate.”.
(2) that in rule 79, for sub-rule (2) the following shall be
substituted, namely:-
“(2) When a member is summoned by or required to
appear before any commission, tribunal, authority, organization, agency or
other, for any investigation or inquiry, as the case may be, the Chairman shall
be informed of the same. The concerned authority shall intimate the brief
facts/reasons.”.
(3) that in rule 158, in sub-rule (1), after paragraph (iii),
the following new paragraph shall be inserted, namely:-
“(iii-a) Committee on Devolution;”
(4) that after rule 162, the following new Heading and rule
shall be added, namely:-
162A. Functions.—
The functions of the Committee on Devolution shall be
the following or such others as may be assigned to it from time to time. The
Committee shall:-
(a) Review, on a
continuous basis, implementation of devolution scheme as envisaged in the
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973;
(b) Identify and
make remedial recommendations where the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment)
Act, 2010 has been deviated from, circumvented or not implemented;
(c) identify and
make recommendations to such aspects of the implementation plan/ process which
due to administrative or lack of law or for any other reasons is facing or
likely to face difficulty in its implementation; and
(d) on regular
basis, seek the views of the Federal Government, Provincial Governments and or
any division, department, autonomous or semi-autonomous body/ bodies related
with or pertaining to the process of implementation of the Constitution
(Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 to evaluate and oversee the implementation
status of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010.”.
(5) that in rule 166, after sub-rule (5), the following new
sub-rule shall be added, namely:-
“(6) All nominations of members to various Policy
and Administrative Boards, Councils, etc. made by the Chairman shall be ratified
by the concerned Committees within a period of thirty days of reference of
nomination to the Committee, failing which the nomination shall be deemed to
have been ratified:
Provided
that the Committee, for reasons to be recorded, may not ratify the nomination
upon which the Chairman Senate shall nominate another Member which shall be
ratified by the Committee within a period of fifteen days, failing which the
nomination shall be deemed to have been ratified.”.
(6) that in rule 182, the words and comma, “In addition to his vote as a member,”,
occurring in the first and second lines shall be omitted.
(7) that after rule
262, the following new rule shall be added, namely:-
“262A.
Secretary to make announcements in the House.- Subject to the
provisions of Article 57 of the Constitution, the Secretary may, when asked to
do so by the Chairman or the Presiding officer, or in the absence of the Chairman or the Presiding officer, if
required under the circumstances, make announcements in the House.”.
(8) that in Rule 277, after sub-rule (9), the following new
sub-rule shall be added, namely:-
“(10) The
rule or amendment of a rule shall be known in the name of the Member who had
moved it.”.
(If
leave is granted)
10. 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 amendments in rules 9, 79, 158, 166, 182 and 277 and insertion of new
rules 162A and 262A, be taken into consideration.
11. 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 amendments in rules 9, 79, 158, 166, 182 and 277 and insertion of new
rules 162A and 262A, be adopted.
12. MS. NAJMA HAMEED to move the following resolution:-
“The House recommends
that the Government should expedite the work on the on-going power projects in
order to overcome load shedding of electricity in the country.”.
13. MR. MOHSIN AZIZ to move the following resolution:-
“This
House recommends to ban manufacturing and use of polythene shopping bags in the
country.”.
14. LT. GEN. (RETD.) ABDUL QAYYUM
to move the following resolution:-
“This
House shows serious concerns on the involvement of foreign intelligence
agencies in fomenting terrorism in
The House recommends that effective steps be taken to
counter/ control the activities of the said agencies in
15. COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN
MASHHADI to move the
following resolution:-
“This
House recommends that the Government should take necessary steps for provision
of free and compulsory education to all the children as provided in Article
25-A of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”.
16. MR. MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD to move the following resolution:-
“The House
recommends that the Government should launch housing schemes for the low paid
government employees.”.
17. Further discussion
on the following motion moved by Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi on 4th
May, 2015:-
“The House may discuss the situation arising out of the
spread of hepatitis disease in the country.”.
18. Discussion on the
following motion moved by Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi on 18th
May, 2015:-
“The House may discuss natural gas load shedding in the
country.”.
19. Discussion on the
following motion moved by Mir Kabeer Ahmed Muhammad Shahi on 18th
May, 2015:-
“This House may discuss the situation arising out of low
water level in Balochistan.”.
20. Discussion on the
following motion moved by Mr. Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar on 18th May,
2015:-
“This
House may discuss the situation arising out of intrusion of FC in the affairs /
authority of the Provincial Government and interference in provincial autonomy
of Balochistan with particular reference to the agreement / contract made by FC
with illegal lease owners of coal mines in Harnai and
imposition of taxes on the same at their own.”.
21. MR. NISAR MUHAMMAD to move that this House may discuss the responsibility of the Federation
in pursuance of Article 148 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.
22. COL.
(R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI to
move that This House may discuss the steps being taken by the Government
to eradicate polio in the country.
23. SYED SHIBLI FARAZ to move that the House may discuss the steps taken by the Government to broaden
the tax base in the country.
24. MR. SALEEM ZIA to move that this House may discuss the situation arising out of
issuance of fake degrees / certificates in the country.
25. MR. MUHAMMAD TALHA MEHMOOD to move that the House may
discuss the situation arising out of unemployment in the country.
AMJED PERVEZ
Secretary
3rd
July, 2015.