SENATE SECRETARIAT
ORDERS OF THE DAY
for the meeting of
the Senate to be held at 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 23rd 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. 02(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir
Hussain Mashhadi, regarding
the mini budget envisaging additional taxes of Rs.
40 billion by imposing 5 to 10 % regulatory duty on importing of 61 items,
increasing duty by 5% on another 289 items and laving 1% custom duty on
hundreds of other items, in compliance of precondition of IMF; Adj. Motion No. 03(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Mohammad
Azam Khan Swati, regarding levying of new taxes of Rs. 40 billion in the shape of mini budget by the Government
while bypassing the Parliament; Adj. Motion No. 04(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Sirajul Haq, regarding levying of new taxes of Rs. 40 billion in the shape of mini budget by the
Government which has resulted into increase in prices of daily use products; Adj. Motion No. 09(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senators Saleem Mandviwala,
Mohsin Aziz and Saeed Ghani, regarding
the increase in custom duty on various imported items including raw materials
by the Government which results into increase in prices of various consumer
goods; Adj. Motion No. 10(122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Osman Saifullah Khan,
regarding levying of new
taxes and duties of Rs. 40 billion which results
into increase in prices of many goods; C.A.N. No. 12(122)/2015-M,
notice given of by Senator
Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, regarding ever raising
prices of consumer goods in the country due to imposition of Taxes through
mini Budget; |
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(ii) |
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; and |
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(iii) |
Adj. Motion No. 06 (122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Shahi
Syed, regarding non-completion of alternate road at |
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PROCEDURE AND
PRIVILEGES - PRESENTATION OF:
4. SENATOR DR. JEHANZEB JAMALDINI,
Chairman, Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, to present report of
the Committee, on Privilege Motion, moved by Senator Najma Hameed, on 11th
November, 2015, regarding incorrect information provided by the Ministry of
Water and Power in replies to her starred question Nos. 216 and 9, asked on 30th
October, 2014 and 7th May, 2015, respectively.
CALLING
ATTENTION NOTICE
5. SENATOR
COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI, to draw attention of the Minister of
State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, to a matter
of public importance regarding outbreak of dengue in
the country as over 3000 cases in Karachi and over 2000 in Rawalpindi have been
reported.
REPORTS TO BE LAID BEFORE THE SENATE
6. MR.
MOHAMMAD ISHAQ DAR, Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs,
Statistics and Privatization, to lay before the Senate the Annual Report for the
year 2014-2015 of the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank of Pakistan
on the state of the Economy along-with the Statistical Supplement, as required
under section 9A (f) of the State Bank of Pakistan Act, 1956.
7. MR. MOHAMMAD ISHAQ DAR, Minister for
Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to lay before
the Senate the special audit report on clearance of circular debt of power
sector (Rs. 480 Billion), as required under Article
171 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.
8. SHAIKH AFTAB AHMED, Minister of State
for Parliamentary Affairs, to lay before the Senate the Annual Report of the
National Economic Council for the Financial Year 2013-14, as required under
clause (5) of Article 156 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.
MOTION
[Under Rule 126(7)]
9. SHAHID KHAQAN ABBASI, Minister for
Petroleum and Natural Resources, to move that the Bill to provide for
prosecution of cases of gas theft and other offences relating to gas and
provide a procedure for recovery of amounts due [The Gas (Theft Control and
Recovery) Bill, 2014], as passed by the Senate and transmitted to the National
Assembly but not passed by the National Assembly within ninety days of its
laying in the National Assembly, be considered in a joint sitting.
LEGISLATIVE
BUSINESS
10. MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law and Justice, to move that the
Bill further to amend the Federal Judicial Academy Act, 1997 [The Federal Judicial
Academy (Amendment) Bill, 2015], as reported by the Standing Committee, be
taken into consideration at once.
11. MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law and Justice, to move that the
Bill further to amend the Federal Judicial Academy Act, 1997 [The Federal
Judicial Academy (Amendment) Bill, 2015] be passed.
12. MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law
and Justice, to move that the Bill to
ensure publication of the text of the laws of
13. MR. PERVAIZ RASHID, Minister for Law
and Justice, to move that the Bill to
ensure publication of the text of the laws of
14. RANA
TANVEER HUSSAIN, Minister for Science and Technology, to move that the Bill to establish the
Pakistan Halal Authority to promote trade and
commerce in Halal articles and processes [The
Pakistan Halal Authority Bill, 2015], as passed by
the National Assembly, be taken
into consideration.
15. RANA
TANVEER HUSSAIN, Minister for Science and Technology, to move that the Bill to establish the
Pakistan Halal Authority to promote trade and
commerce in Halal articles and processes [The
Pakistan Halal Authority Bill, 2015] be passed.
16. MR. ZAHID
HAMID, Minister for Human Rights, to move
that the Bill further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1898 [The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2015], as passed
by the National Assembly, be taken into consideration.
17. MR. ZAHID
HAMID, Minister for Human Rights, to
move that the Bill further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code
of Criminal Procedure, 1898 [The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2015] be
passed.
CALLING
ATTENTION NOTICE
18. SENATOR
MUKHTIAR AHMED DHAMRAH @ AAJIZ, to draw attention of the Minister for
Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to a matter
of public importance regarding steps taken for the
population census 2016 as decided in the meeting of Council of Common Interest
in March, 2015.
DISCUSSION ON THE ADMITTED ADJOURNMENT
MOTIONS |
19. Discussion
on the following admitted adjournment motions:-
(i) |
Admitted adjournment motion
moved by Senator Shahi Syed, on 3rd November, 2015, to discuss
the statement of Edward Joseph Snowden, former CIA official, that GCHQ, a
secret agency of Britain, used to spy on the communication data of Pakistan,
as reported in Daily Express dated 7th October, 2015;
and |
(ii) |
Admitted adjournment motion moved
by Senator Karim Ahmed Khawaja, on 12th November, 2015, that over five hundred candidates
backed by banned outfits have made their way into the Punjab Local Government
System, as published in “The Nation” on 10th November, 2015. |
AMJED PERVEZ
Secretary
22nd December, 2015.