SENATE OF PAKISTAN DAILY JOURNAL *****************************

Date and Day 15th April, 2016 (Friday)

Commenced at 10:32 am

Adjourned at 1:17pm

Presided by Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri Acting Chairman

Attendance 63

Total working hours 2 hours, 45 minutes

QUESTION HOUR The answers of 22 questions were given. 4 questions were deferred.

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICES

 Senator Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh drew attention of the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs towards the stranding of more than hundred Pakistani businessmen at Moscow Air Port causing grave concerns amongst the public. , Minister for Commerce, made statement on behalf of the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs. The matter was disposed off.

 Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood drew attention of the Minister for Communications towards the leftover portion of 8 km of Khanpur road by NHA due to which the people of the area remained stuck during recent rainfall. The Mover was absent and the notice was dropped.

MOTION UNDER 194[1] Sr. Nature of Motion No. For extension of time Ruling of the Chair Name of the Member 1 Senator Muhammad The Report on the The motion was carried. Javed Abbasi Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2016 [omission of Article 182] (sixty working days w.e.f. 25th April, 2016)

REPORTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES - PRESENTATION OF

Sr. No. Name of the Report presented Subject matter of the Direction of the Committee by report Chairman 1 Law and Justice Senator The number of persons Report stood laid. Muhammad presently working in Javed Abbasi, the Ministry of Law and Justice, its attached departments, corporations, sub- ordinate offices and institutions with grade- wise and province wise breakup 2 National Food Senator Syed Conversion of 1400 Report stood laid. Security and Muzafar acres land of National Research Hussain Shah Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) into residential/commercial plots 3 Finance, Revenue, Senator Fateh The examination of Report stood laid. Economic Affairs, Muhammad facts and figures Statistics and Hassani on reported by the custom Privatization behalf of Authorities about the Senator Saleem import and export from Mandviwala Iran 4 Defense Senator The proposed Report stood laid. Mushahid construction of the Hussain Syed Cantonment at Khawazakhela Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Sr. No. Business Decision of the House 1 The Corporate Restructuring Companies Bill, 2016 Referred to the concerned Standing Committee

REPORTS LAID

 Shaikh Aftab Ahmed, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, laid before the Senate the Federal Public Service Commission’s Annual Report for the year, 2014.  Zahid Hamid, Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights, on behalf of Senator Mohammad , Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, laid before the Senate the Second

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Quarterly Report for the year 2015-2016 of the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank of Pakistan on the state of the Economy.

COMMENCED MOTION UNDER RULE 218

Sr. Subject matter of Name(s) of the Speeches by Members No. the motion Mover(s) 1 The revelations Senator Mushahid 1)Senator Mushahid Hussain made in “Panama Hussain Syed Syed Leaks” relating to 2)Senator Chaudhry Tanvir a number of Khan. important 3)Senator Shehrbano Sherry personalities/ Rehman. dignitaries of 4)Senator Nauman Wazir Pakistan Khattak. 5) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar Minister for Finance made a point of personal explanation.

 The House was adjourned to meet again on Monday at 3:30 pm.

Islamabad, The 15th April, 2016

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