SENATE SECRETARIAT

 

ORDERS OF THE DAY

 

for the meeting of the Senate to be held at 2.00 p.m. on Thursday, the 31st 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. 11 (122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Syed Muzafar Hussain Shah, regarding shortfall of nearly 30% in the cotton production for the year 2015, which has very adverse effect on Pakistan economy;

 

 

(ii)

Adj. Motion No. 15 (122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, regarding failure of the Federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governments to hold judicial inquiry into the gruesome and heinous attack on the innocent children of Army Public School, Peshawar on             16th December, 2014; and

 

 

(iii)

Adj. Motion No. 16 (122)/2015-M, notice given of by Senator Mohammad Azam Khan Swati, regarding report by Auditor General of Pakistan on 15th December, 2015 which state that circular debt payment of Rs.368 billion to Independent Power Producers is irregular and in violation of procedure.

 

 

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

 

4.      SENATOR OSMAN SAIFULLAH KHAN, to draw attention of the Minister  for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, to a matter of public importance regarding the decision of ECC to give a subsidy amounting to Rs. 6.5 billion to the sugar mills to export 500,000 tons of sugar as world prices of sugar are lower than domestic prices.

 

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF WHOLE ON SPEEDY AND INEXPENSIVE JUSTICE - PRESENTATION OF:

 

5.      SENATOR RAJA MUHAMMAD ZAFAR-UL-HAQ, Leader of the House, to present report of the Committee of Whole constituted on “Steps to provide speedy and inexpensive justice in the country”.

 

MOTION

[Under Rule 196(1)]

 

 

6.      SENATOR RAJA MUHAMMAD ZAFAR-UL-HAQ, Leader of the House, to move under sub-rule (1) of rule 196 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, that the report of the Committee of Whole constituted on “Steps to provide speedy and inexpensive justice in the country”, be considered and adopted.

 

MOTION

[Under Rule 194 (1)]

 

7.      SENATOR MIR ISRARULLAH KHAN ZEHRI, Chairman, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources, to move under sub-rule (1) of rule 194 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, that the time for presentation of report of the Committee on Demand No. 8 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on the collection and payment of royalty on LPG to the Provinces be extended for a further period of thirty working days with effect from 14th December, 2015, as the comments of the Ministry of Law and Justice are still awaited, therefore, more time is required for finalization of the report.

 

R E S O L U T I O N

[Under rule 145 (2)]

 

8.      SENATORS SAEED GHANI, AHMED HASSAN, GIANCHAND, HAJI SAIFULLAH KHAN BANGASH, ISLAMUDDIN SHAIKH, KARIM AHMED KHAWAJA, KHANZADA KHAN, MIR MUHAMMAD YOUSAF BADINI, MUHAMMAD YOUSAF, MUKHTIAR AHMED DHAMRAH @ AAJIZ, NAWABZADA SAIFULLAH MAGSI, OSMAN SAIFULLAH KHAN, ABDUL REHMAN MALIK, SALEEM MANDVIWALA, SARDAR FATEH MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD HASSANI, SHEHER BANO SHERRY REHMAN, ZAHEER-UD-DIN BABAR AWAN, AITZAZ AHSAN, FARHATULLAH BABAR, FAROOQ HAMID NAEK, ROZI KHAN KAKAR, TAJ HAIDER, KHALIDA PARVEEN, RUBINA KHALID, SASSUI PALIJO, SEHAR KAMRAN, HARI RAM, NASEEMA AHSAN, ILYAS AHMAD BILOUR, BAZ MUHAMMAD KHAN, MUHAMMAD DAUD KHAN ACHAKZAI, ADVOCATE, SHAHI SYED, SITARA AYAZ, ZAHIDA KHAN, MUSHAHID HUSSAIN SYED, KAMIL ALI AGHA, SAEEDUL HASSAN MANDOKHAIL, RUBINA IRFAN, SIRAJUL HAQ, COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI, HIDAYAT ULLAH, MALIK NAJMUL HASSAN, MUHAMMAD USMAN KHAN KAKAR, MOHSIN AZIZ, SYED SHIBLI FARAZ, MOHAMMAD AZAM KHAN SWATI, BRIG. (R) JOHN KENNETH WILLIAMS, MIAN MUHAMMAD ATEEQ SHAIKH, SAMINA ABID, TAJ MUHAMMAD AFRIDI AND NASREEN JALIL, to move the following resolution:-

 

                   “This House disapproves the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (Conversion) Ordinance, 2015. (Ordinance No. XVII of 2015).”.

 

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

 

9.      SENATORS HAFIZ HAMDULLAH AND SIRAJUL HAQ, to draw attention of the Minister Incharge of Aviation Division, to a matter of public importance regarding the recent accident of Shaheen Airline’s Aircraft at Lahore Airport due to the intoxication of pilot.

 

 

 

AMJED PERVEZ

Secretary

 

Islamabad, the

30th December, 2015.