SENATE SECRETARIAT


ORDERS OF THE DAY

 

for the meeting of the Senate to be held at 4.00 p.m. on Monday, the 6th February, 2012.

 

1.      Recitation from the Holy Quran.

 

M O T I O N

 

2.      SENATOR SHAHID HASSAN BUGTI, Chairman, Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat and Inter-Provincial Coordination, to move that under sub-rule (1) of rule 171 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 1988, the delay in presentation of report of the Committee on the Bill to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years [The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2011], be condoned till today.

 

REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE - PRESENTATION OF:

 

3.      SENATOR SHAHID HASSAN BUGTI, Chairman, Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat and Inter-Provincial Coordination, to present report of the Committee on the Bill to provide for free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years [The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2011].

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

 

4.      Further consideration of the following motion moved by Mr. Wasim Sajjad on his behalf and on behalf of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Mr. S. M. Zafar on         23rd January, 2012:-

 

that the leave be granted to introduce a Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2010].”. (Amendment of Article 142).

 

5.      CHAUDHRY SHUJAAT HUSSAIN, MR. S. M. ZAFAR AND MR. WASIM SAJJAD to introduce the Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2010].

 

6.      MR. SALEEM SAIFULLAH KHAN to move for leave to introduce a Bill to provide for the rehabilitation and financial assistance to the victims of natural calamities [The Victims of Natural Calamities (Rehabilitation and Financial Assistance) Bill, 2010].

 

7.      MR. SALEEM SAIFULLAH KHAN to introduce the Bill to provide for the rehabilitation and financial assistance to the victims of natural calamities [The Victims of Natural Calamities (Rehabilitation and Financial Assistance) Bill, 2010].

 

8.      MR. SALEEM SAIFULLAH KHAN to move for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2010]. (Amendment of Articles 1 and 239).

 

9.      MR. SALEEM SAIFULLAH KHAN to introduce the Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2010].

 

10.    MR. TARIQ AZIM KHAN to move for leave to introduce a Bill to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), whether registered or not in Pakistan, and to regulate acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution for any activities detrimental to the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto [The Regulation of Foreign Contribution Bill, 2012].

 

11.    MR. TARIQ AZIM KHAN to introduce the Bill to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), whether registered or not in Pakistan, and to regulate acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution for any activities detrimental to the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto [The Regulation of Foreign Contribution Bill, 2012].

 

12.    MR. SABIR ALI BALOCH to move for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 [The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Bill, 2011].

 

13.    MR. SABIR ALI BALOCH to introduce the Bill further to amend the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 [The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Bill, 2011].

 

14.    MR. SALEEM SAIFULLAH KHAN to move for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2010]. (Amendment of Article 248).

 

15.    MR. SALEEM SAIFULLAH KHAN to introduce the Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2010].

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

 

16.    MR. WASIM SAJJAD to move that the Bill further to amend the Specific Relief Act, 1877 [The Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2008], as reported by the Standing Committee, be taken into consideration at once.

 

17.    MR. WASIM SAJJAD to move that the Bill further to amend the Specific Relief Act, 1877 [The Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2008] be passed.

 

COMMENCED MOTION

(Under Rule 194)

 

18.    Discussion on the following motion moved by Mr. Abdul Haseeb Khan on                    5th April, 2011:-

 

The House may discuss the health policy of the Government with particular reference to registration and pricing of drugs, National Health Programmes and formation of drug regulatory authority in the light of 18th Amendment in the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”.


MOTIONS

(Under Rule 194)

 

19.    MR. MUHAMMAD TALHA MAHMOOD to move that this House may discuss the affairs of Pakistan Railways with particular reference to its present financial position and the condition of its locomotives and other infrastructure.

 

20.    DR. MUHAMMAD ISMAIL BULEDI to move that this House may discuss the overall performance of the Ministry of Finance.

 

21.    COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI to move that the House may discuss the overall performance of Pakistan International Airlines.

 

22.    DR. MUHAMMAD ISMAIL BULEDI to move that the House may discuss the overall performance of OGDC.

 

23.    COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI to move that the House may discuss the Housing Policy of the Government with particular reference to the housing schemes for low paid government employees.

 

COMMENCED RESOLUTIONS

 

24.    Further consideration of the following resolution moved by Dr. Khalid Mehmood Soomro on 27th July, 2009:-

 

“This House recommends that the loans written off by the Government Departments, Banks and Financial Institutions so far may be recovered immediately.”.      

 

25.    Further consideration of the following resolution moved by Prof. Khurshid Ahmed on 5th April, 2011:-

 

The House recommends that the authority to allot Government accommodations on out of turn basis be withdrawn.”.     

 

26.    Further consideration of the following resolution moved by Prof. Khurshid Ahmed on his behalf and on behalf of Raja Muhammad Zafar-ul-Haq, Prof. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Mr. Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Mr. Naeem Hussain Chattha on 23rd January, 2012:-

 

“The House recommends that the Government may take immediate steps to declare Urdu as official language of the country in pursuance of Article 251 (1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.”.

 

(Amendment entered in a separate list to be moved)


RESOLUTIONS

 

27.    COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI to move the following resolution:-

         

“This House recommends that the Government may take immediate steps to fix consultation fee of private doctors.”.

 

28.    HAFIZ RASHID AHMAD to move the following resolution:-

 

“This House recommends that the Government may encourage maximum Ph.D programmes on the “Personality and Political carrier of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah” in Higher Education Institutions of the country.”.

 

29.    MR. MUHAMMAD TALHA MAHMOOD to move the following resolution:-

 

“The House recommends that water filtration plants may be installed in each city and village of the country to save the people from water borne diseases.”.

 

30.    COL. (R) SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN MASHHADI to move the following resolution:-

 

“This House recommends that the Government may take immediate steps to fix the maximum fee charged by private schools in the country.”.

CALL ATTENTION NOTICE

 

31.    SENATOR PROF. KHURSHID AHMED to draw attention of the Minister Incharge of Cabinet Secretariat to a matter of sufficient public importance regarding failure of Capital Development Authority (CDA) to complete development work in Sector E-12, Islamabad.

 

 

 

IFTIKHAR ULLAH BABAR

Secretary

 

Islamabad, the

3rd February, 2012.