SENATE SECRETARIAT
ORDERS OF THE DAY
for the meeting of
the Senate to be held at 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday, the
11th November, 2015.
1. Recitation
from the Holy Quran.
QUESTIONS
2. Questions entered in a separate list
to be asked and answers given.
CONSIDERATION OF STATUS OF THE
PENDING PRIVILEGE MOTIONS
3. Consideration of status of the
following pending Privilege Motions:-
(i) |
Privilege Motion No. 02(110)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator
Zaheer-ud-Din Babar Awan, against the Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural
Resources due to petrol crisis and his insulting statement against the
general public; |
(ii) |
Privilege Motion No. 01(111)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Hilal-ur-Rehman, against
the behaviour of CPO and DIG Rawalpindi due to
registration of baseless FIR No. 161 against the Senator in Airport Police
Station, Rawalpindi; |
(iii) |
Privilege Motion No.
02(111)/2015-M,
notice given of by Senators Khalida Parveen, Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari and Shahi Syed, against the
Secretary and Minister for Water and Power for not attending the meeting of
the Standing Committee on Water and Power held on 27th January,
2015; |
(iv) |
Privilege Motion No. 02(115)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour,
regarding wrong information provided by the Minister of State for Water and
Power in response to his Calling Attention Notice taken up in the House on 7th
May, 2015; |
(v) |
Privilege Motion No. 04(115)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator
Sardar Muhammad Azam Khan Musakhel, against the
inappropriate behaviour of Head of Regulatory (Ufone) and other officers towards the Senator; |
(vi) |
Privilege Motion No.
02(117)/2015-M,
notice given of by Senator Najma Hameed, regarding incorrect information provided by the Ministry of Water and
Power in respect to her starred question Nos. 216 and 9 asked on 30th
October, 2014 and 7th May, 2015, respectively; |
(vii) |
Privilege Motion No. 02(118)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood,
regarding the inappropriate behaviour of Governor State Bank of |
(viii) |
Privilege Motion No. 03(118)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator
Sitara Ayaz, regarding the
publication of news in “Daily Khyber”, Peshawar and ticker telecasted in
“Khyber News Channel” on 30th July, 2015 to the effect that her
name along-with some other
politicians has been placed in the Exit Control List (ECL) which is contrary
to the facts; |
(ix) |
Privilege Motion No.
04(118)/2015-M,
notice given of by Senator Hilal-ur-Rehman, against
the Commissioner Peshawar and Registrar, FATA Tribunal for not attending the
meeting of Senate Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions held on
14th July and 4th August 2015, on public petition No. 543;
and |
(x) |
Privilege Motion No. 01(120)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Samina Abid, regarding
incorrect information provided by the Minister for Water and Power in respect
of starred questions No. 89 dated 18th September, 2015 and No. 9
dated 7th May, 2015. |
CONSIDERATION OF ADMISSIBILITY
OF
ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS
4. Admissibility of the following
Adjournment Motions will be determined:-
(i) |
Adj. Motion No. 11(121)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Sheher Bano Sherry
Rehman, regarding
accumulation of total debt over PKR 3.81 trillion which, subject to approval
of the latest tranche by the IMF Board, will
increase to 68 billion dollars by the end of the fiscal year and Pakistan
will need 6.7 billion dollars this year for service of the external debt; |
(ii) |
Adj. Motion No. 12(121)/2015-M, notice given of by Senators Mushahid Hussain
Syed, Mushahid Ullah Khan and Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, regarding growing religious extremism
and intolerance in India which has resulted in protests from prominent Indian
Public figures, intellectual and artists like Sudheendra
Kulkarni, Arundhati Roy
and Shah Rukh Khan which is manifestation of
aggressive Indian Foreign Policy including attacks across the Line of
Control; and |
(iii) |
Adj. Motion No. 13(121)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Karim Ahmed Khawaja,
regarding a News item
published in “The Nation” on 10th November, 2015 that over five
hundred candidates backed by banned outfits have made their way into the
Punjab Local Government System. |
CALLING
ATTENTION NOTICE
5. SENATOR MUSHAHID
HUSSAIN SYED, to
draw attention of the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, to a
matter of public importance regarding a front page
story published in “Daily Dawn” on 22nd October, 2015 regarding sale
of Government of Pakistan’s property, “Jinnah House” (former Embassy of
Pakistan) which is located in Washington D.C rather than converting the same
into Jinnah House of culture to promote Pakistan’s soft image in U.S.A.
REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE - PRESENTATION OF:
6. SENATOR
MUHAMMAD JAVED ABBASI, Chairman, Standing Committee on Law, Justice and
Human Rights, to present report of the Committee on the Bill to provide certain facilities to the working / employed
womenfolk [The Working Women (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2015], introduced by
Senator Samina Abid on 14th September, 2015.
MOTION
[Under Rule 196(1)]
[Under Rule 157 (2)]
8. MINISTER-IN-CHARGE CABINET SECRETARIAT, to move that the House may discuss the Annual Report on the Observance and
Implementation of the Principles of Policy in relation to the affairs of the
Federation for the year
2012-2013, laid on the Table of the House on 4th
November, 2015.
CALLING
ATTENTION NOTICE
9. SENATOR
LT. GEN. (R) SALAHUDDIN TIRMIZI, to draw attention of the Minister
Incharge of the Climate Change, to a matter of public importance regarding
suspension of survey in snow effected areas of
district Mansehra namely Kaghan
valley to asses the damages caused by recent earthquake.
GENERAL DEBATE ON SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
10. Debate on the role of the Government
and Parliament in implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
DISCUSSION ON THE ADMITTED ADJOURNMENT MOTION
11. Discussion
on admitted adjournment motion moved by Senator Sheher Bano Sherry Rehman, on
10th November, 2015, to discuss the Climate Change Ministry’s draft
of the INDC, Pakistan’s negotiation plan for the Paris summit on Climate Change
and appointment of Minister for Climate Change and Head of the Paris
delegation.
AMJED PERVEZ
Secretary
10th November,
2015.