Committees

As per the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012, there shall be a Standing Committee in the Senate on each Ministry of the Government. Standing Committees deal with legislative business and any matter referred to it by the Senate or the Chairman Senate. The membership of a Committee is based on the principle of proportional representation of political parties in the Senate. 

Senate Committees

  • Standing Committees
  • Functional Committees
  • Domestic Committees
  • Other Committees
  • Special Committees
  • Select Committees on Bills

 

A Committee may examine suo moto the budgetary allocation and its utilization, administration, delegated legislation, public petitions and policies of the Ministry concerned and its attached corporations and public bodies and may call for views of the Ministry.

There are functional Committees in the Senate with a wider scope than Standing Committees; these are (i) Functional Committee on Government Assurances (ii) Functional Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas (iii) Functional Committee on Devolution (iv) Functional Committee on Human Rights

In addition, Senate has some unique and important Committees. These are Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges and the Committee on Delegated Legislation. While House Committee and Library Committee are the domestic committees of the Senate of Pakistan. Further, Committee of the Whole is an exclusive Committee in the Senate where whole House can be converted into a Committee to discuss and deliberate upon an issue of national importance.

Special Committees and Select Committees on Bills are also constituted through the adoption of motions in the House whenever the need arises on special issues, subjects or bills.

Senate Committees hold frequent meetings and have a history of accomplishments in providing policy guidelines to the Government. 

S. No. Committee Name Committee Type Chairperson/ Convener Committee Secretary Members
1 Business Advisory Committee Domestic Committee Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Syed Hasnain Haider View Members
2 Minority Caucus Domestic Committee Danesh Kumar View Members
3 Senate Finance Committee Domestic Committee Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Syed Hasnain Haider View Members
4 Senate Library Committee Domestic Committee Sarmad Ali Shagufta Shaukat View Members
5 Devolution Functional Committee Dr Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur Farhana Wagha View Members
6 Government Assurances Functional Committee Abdul Shakoor Khan Samiullah View Members
7 Human Rights Functional Committee Samina Mumtaz Zehri Haris Rehman View Members
8 Problems of Less Developed Areas Functional Committee Muhammad Asghar Gondal View Members
9 Senate House Committee House Committee Syedaal Khan Jamil Ahmed Khoso View Members
10 Delegated Legislation Other Committee Naseema Ehsan Muhammad Tariq Mahsood View Members
11 Cabinet Secretariat Standing Committee Rana Mahmood ul Hassan Wajeeha Riaz View Members
12 Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Standing Committee Sherry Rehman Mughees Ahmad Shaikh View Members
13 Commerce Standing Committee Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan Sayyidah Maryam Shaheen View Members
14 Communications Standing Committee Pervaiz Rashid Qasim Omer View Members
15 Defence Standing Committee Muhammad Talha Mahmood Adnan Ibne Asad View Members
16 Defence Production Standing Committee Mohammad Abdul Qadir Hyder Ali Sundrani View Members
17 Economic Affairs Standing Committee Saifullah Abro Bushra Rafique Dahar View Members
18 Federal Education and Professional Training Standing Committee Bushra Anjum Butt Ghulam Muhammad Shar View Members
19 Finance and Revenue Standing Committee Saleem Mandviwalla Iffat Mustafa View Members
20 Foreign Affairs Standing Committee Agha Shahzaib Durrani Syed Umar Ali Shah Banoori View Members
21 Housing and Works Standing Committee Nasir Mehmood Shahana Iftikhar View Members
22 Industries and Production Standing Committee Aon Abbas Muhammad Abubakar Siddique View Members
23 Information and Broadcasting Standing Committee Syed Ali Zafar Ayaz Ahmed Soomro View Members
24 Information Technology and Telecommunication Standing Committee Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan Syed Khurram Hussain Naqvi View Members
25 Inter-Provincial Coordination Standing Committee Dilawar Khan Shagufta Shaukat View Members
26 Interior and Narcotics Control Standing Committee Faisal Saleem Rahman Rafiullah View Members
27 Kashmir Affairs, Gilgit-Baltistan & SAFRON Standing Committee Asad Qasim Abbas Ahmed Mir View Members
28 Law and Justice Standing Committee Farooq Hamid Naek Rabeea Anwar View Members
29 Maritime Affairs Standing Committee M Fesal Vawda Hafeezullah Sheikh View Members
30 National Food Security and Research Standing Committee Syed Masroor Ahsan Zarghoona Shabbir View Members
31 National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Standing Committee Amir Waliuddin Chishti Naeem Akhtar Bhatti View Members
32 National Heritage and Culture Standing Committee Hidayatullah Khan Rafaqat Waheed View Members
33 Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Standing Committee Zeeshan Khanzada Mubashir Ali Shah View Members
34 Parliamentary Affairs Standing Committee Mohammad Humayun Mohmand View Members
35 Petroleum Standing Committee Umer Farooq Mudassar Sher Ali Gondal View Members
36 Planning Development and Special Initiatives Standing Committee Qurat-Ul-Ain Marri Hassan Farooq Dar View Members
37 Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety Standing Committee Sardar Al Haj Muhammad Umer Gorgaij Mir Nauroze Khan View Members
38 Power Standing Committee Mohsin Aziz Muhammad Azam Sulahri View Members
39 Privatization Standing Committee Dr Afnan Ullah Khan Lubna Nawaz Baloch View Members
40 Railways Standing Committee Shahadat Awan Farkhanda Nasir View Members
41 Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony Standing Committee Atta Ur Rehman Muhammad Zubair Thaheem View Members
42 Rules of Procedure and Privileges Standing Committee Syed Waqar Mehdi Azhar Siddique View Members
43 Science and Technology Standing Committee Kamil Ali Agha Kamal Ahmed Feroz View Members
44 Water Resources Standing Committee Jam Saifullah Khan Jamil Ahmed Khoso View Members