Daily Saturday June 21, 2014 Vol: FN-002/14, Issue NO. 120

FROM FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS TO AN OPEN AND EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT

XXX National Assembly Standing Committee on States and Frontier Senate Standing Committee on Communications will meet on Regions (SAFRON) will meet on Friday (June 27) at the Parliament Monday (June 23) at the Parliament House Islamabad House Islamabad

ASSEMBLIES IN SESSION Profile Askar Pervaiz Total Time Met Maximum 47% Balochistan MNAs Members Present MPA KP Assembly National Assembly 00Hours 27Minutes 115 Punjab Assembly 01Hours 15Minutes 268 remained silent in first year Sindh Assembly 03Hours 41Minutes 77 Irfana Yasser KP Assembly 02Hours 50Minutes 66 ISLAMABAD: Though the Balochistan is expe- riencing deteriorating law and order situation; KP Assembly concludes however, its lawmakers in the National Assembly are the least concerned about the problems of Askar Pervaiz started his po- their constituents as nine out of 19 MNAs from debate on budget litical career in 2006 from Balochistan remained silent during the first par- Usman Asad the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Eh- the platform of JUI-F and liamentary year. tesab Commission (Amend- served as its honorary mem- ISLAMABAD: Minister for There are 19 members from Balochistan in ment) Bill 2014 which seeks ber representing minorities Finance Sirajul Haq winded the Lower House of the Parliament, of which, 14 the establishment of the Khy- in the Party Shoora at the up the budget debate in the were elected through direct election, three women ber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab union council level . He also Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) elected on reserved seats and two members on re- Commission for the preven- served as the Shoora mem- Assembly during 7th sitting served seats of minority. Of the total 19 members, tion of corruption/corrupt ber at the district level. of 14th session. seven belong to the PML-N, six to JUI-F, four to practices and to hold all pub- Pervaiz was elected as MPA Eighteen lawmakers – PkMAP and one each to BNP and National Party lic office-holders accused of on minority reserved seat in PML-N & JUI-F (4 each), the 14th Assembly of Khyber (NP). such practices accountable to QWP (3), JI, AJIP, ANP (two Pakhtunkhwa and is now the It was observed that 47% lawmakers of Baloch- ensure good governance and each) and PTI (one) – took member of standing commit- istan remained silent during the proceedings of create an effective institution- part in the debate that con- tees on Industries and Tech- the House and they were observed shying away al structure. tinued for two hours and 44 nical Education Deparment from Balochistan issues during the first parlia- Two JUI-F lawmakers - minutes. The Finance Min- and Auqaf, Religious and mentary year of the National Assembly. A total of Malik Riaz and Nur Saleem ister concluded the budget Minority Affairs Department. 19 legislators asked 88 questions with an average Khan - walked out of the debate during his 28-minute Las year, he attended the Na- of four questions per member, presented 13 bills House for not being given speech. tional Security Workshop un- either solely or jointly with other lawmakers and permission to participate in Special Assistant to Chief der the auspices of National drew the attention of the House towards public the budget debate. However, dul Qadir Baloch - was seen responding questions (JUI-F) and Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani Minister for Law Arif Yusuf Defence University where importance issues through six Calling Attention they returned to the House Notices (CANs). related to his ministry; however, he himself did introduced one bill each. presented the Khyber Pakh- various issues being faced by after a minute and delivered Nine lawmakers never took part in any kind of not contribute to any other kind of legislation. Analyzing the Question Hour, Abdul Qahar tunkhwa Regulation of Lady the country especially Water their speeches. AJIP lawmak- proceedings and stayed quiet during the legisla- Mehmood Khan Achkazai (PkMAP), Sardar Ka- Khan Wadan (PkMAP) topped the list and asked Health Workers Program and Conflict with India were dis- er Babar Saleem walked out tive business as they did not bring any issue in mal Khan Bangulzai (NP), Maulana Qamarud Din 26 questions followed by JUI-F lawmaker Molana Employees (Regularization & cussed. He visited Karachi, of the House for not getting the House related to Balochistan. The remaining (JUI-F) and Sayed Essa Nori (BNP) neither asked Ameer Zaman who asked 21 questions. PML-N Standardization) Ordinance, Quetta, Gwadar, Rawalpindi, any allocation in budget for 10 lawmakers’ participation was also low as their any question not introduced any bill or CAN. minority member Khalil George and JUI-F mi- 2014, which seeks approval Islamabad, Muzaffarabad development scheme in his parliamentary interventions were limited to cer- In introducing bills on the floor of the House, nority member Aaysia Nisar asked 14 questions from the house to regulate and South Waziristan during constituency. tain issues. female lawmaker on minority seats Aasyia Nisar each while Moulvi Agha Muhammad (JUI-F) various health programs this one-month workshop. Babar Saleem returned Four PML-N MNAs - Mir Zafarullah Khan Ja- (JUI-F) topped the list and introduced five bills - raised two questions and Naseema (PkMAP) asked being implemented by lady His qualification is BCS and after 20 minutes when one mali, Khalid Hussain Magsi, Mir Dostain Khan three solely and two jointly - followed by Maulana seven questions. Two female lawmakers - Kiran health workers and also seeks he is presently doing MBA of his party members - Abdul Domki and Jam Kamal Khan - did not show any Ameer Zaman (JUI-F) and Kiran Haider (PML-N) Haider (PML-N) and Aliya Kamran (PkMAP) - did their regularization with ser- (2nd semester) from NCS, Muneeb - succeeded in con- kind of interest in the proceedings. Though one as both introduced two bills each. Sardar Kamal not participate in Question Hour at all but they vice infrastructure. College Peshawar affiliated vincing him. PML-N MNA (who is also a federal minister) - Ab- Khal Bangulazai (NP), Maulvi Agha Muhammad introduced two and one CAN respectively. Arif Yusuf also introduced with the Peshawar University. Parliamentary National Assembly condemns Punjab Assembly: 45 demands for Information grants, six cut motions admitted The Parliament of murder of MQM lawmaker Sweden Our Correspondent motion on police department din and Nighat Sheikh - was Our Correspondent included Opposition Leader Syed Khur- the courage to bear this loss. jointly moved by the opposi- brought before the House sheed Shah (PPPP), Sheikh Salahuddin According to a press release issued ISLAMABAD: The Treasury ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly tion parties. regarding their reservations (MQM), Makhdoom Shah Mahmood by the National Assembly secretari- and the Opposition bench- expressed grief and sorrow over the As many as ten members over educational program Qureshi (PTI), Sheikh Rashid Ahmed at, Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Deputy es in the Punjab Assembly death of Muttahida Qaumi Movement – PTI (5), PML (3), PPPP in the Government Murray (AMLP), Mahmood Khan Achakzai (Pk- Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi also ex- have agreed to consider 45 (MQM) lawmaker Tahira Asif who was and PML-N (one each) – took College, Sialkot which was MAP), Sahibzada Tariqullah (JI) and pressed their profound grief over the demands for grants and six shot injured by unidentified men in La- part in the debate on this cut responded to by the relevant Shahida Akhtar Ali (JUI-F). On behalf sad demise of MQM legislator. In their cut motions after the budget hore on Wednesday (June 18). motion. Law Minister Rana department. of the federal and Punjab governments, separate condolence messages to her debate. The House sympa- Sanaullah responded to the The opposition lawmakers The Riksdag is the national family, the Speaker and Punjab Assembly Speaker thized with the bereaved Tahira Asif was a MQM MNA queries of the opposition protested within the House legislature and the supreme Tahira Asif the Deputy Speaker ex- Rana Muhammad Iqbal said family and offered fateha and elected on a reserved parties during the debate; over the rejection of the cut decision-making body of pressed their profound this during the 6th sitting of for the departed soul. the seat for women in May 2013 however, he regretted that the motion. The House will de- Sweden. Since 1971 the Member National Assembly grief and sorrow over her 9th session. He chaired the lawmakers spoke on 9 General Elections. Previously, lawmakers did not focus on bate the remaining five cut Riksdag has been a unicam- death. Paying rich trib- entire sitting that lasted an points of order consum- she was a member of the Na- objectivity and asked irrele- motions on Monday while de- eral legislature with 349 utes to Tahira Asif, the hour and 15 minutes. Start- ing 22 minutes of the tional Assembly on women’s vant questions. mands for grants will also be members, elected on a pro- Speaker and the Deputy ing two hours and 23 minutes proceedings demanding reserved seat in General Elec- An adjournment motion, considered from 8th sitting portionally and serving, from Speaker said that she behind the schedule, the Pun- probe into the incident tions 2002. sponsored by two PML-N (June 24, 2014) on Tuesday. 1994 onwards, on fixed four- was a politician of high jab Assembly rejected one cut as well as arrest of the Tahira did her Masters in lawmakers - Sheikh Ala Ud- year terms. repute and a devoted so- culprits involved in the Business Administration The constitutional functions cial worker who rendered killing of Tahira Asif in (MBA) in 1986 and joined Pa- of the Riksdag are enumerat- valuable contributions Lahore. kistan International Airlines Sindh PA adopts 2 resolutions, ed in the Instrument of Govt in legislative business During the 13th sit- (PIA) as air hostess. She was and its internal workings are during her tenure as ting of NA which lasted married t FIA official in 1989 specified in greater detail in MNA and worked for the continues debate on budget 27 minutes, the legis- in Sialkot and later she left the Riksdag Act. betterment of marginal- Our Correspondent debate for 17 minutes. (one each)- took part in the lators condemned the PIA in 1996 to start her own The seat of the Riksdag is ized segments of the so- MQM members attend- discussion and spoke for 16 tragic incident and de- business. She was honored to ISLAMABAD: The Sindh As- at Parliament House on the ciety. Her services will be ed the session wearing black minutes. manded a transparent be the first female member of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce. sembly unanimously adopted island of Helgeandsholmen remembered for a long armbands to protest the kill- Meanwhile, seven lawmak- investigation along with Tahira stepped in politics in 2001 and was elected lady councilor from two resolutions and contin- in the central parts of Stock- time to come, they said. ing of their MNA Tahira Asif in ers- PPPP (3), MQM (2), one the immediate arrest Union Council 106 and then became a member of Gulberg Town. She ued debate on the provincial holm. The Riksdag has its They said the culprits Lahore. They went outside the each of PML-F and PML-N – of the culprits involved became a member of the National Assembly on PML ticket in 2002 and budget (2014-15) during 6th institutional roots in the feu- involved in the tragic in- house to record their protest took part in the ongoing bud- in this heinous crime. also represented Pakistan in General Assembly of United Nations in sitting of the 13th session on dal Riksdag of the Estates, cident wanted to destabi- before media. get debate that continued for They stressed to root out 2006. She joined MQM in 2007 and contested the General Elections Friday. by tradition thought to have lize the democratic pro- A PPPP female lawmaker two hours and 38 minutes. the menace of terrorism 2008 from Lahore. Tabled by MQM lawmak- first assembled in Arboga in cess in the country. They Khairun Nisa tabled anoth- PTI lawmakers protested from the society and re- er Khuawaja Izrahul Hassan 1435, and in 1866 following Minister for Defense Production Rana said that culprits would be apprehended er resolution to pay homage over the PPPP lawmaker’s store peace. They said all stakeholders (MQM) , the House adopted reforms of the 1809 Instru- Tanveer Hussain assured the House that and taken to task. They prayed to Al- to Benazir Bhutto on her criticism against their party including political parties, military lead- a resolution condemning the ment of Government that immediate investigation will be held and mighty Allah to rest the departed soul in 61st birthday which was also leadership. Information on ership and religious leaders should sit killing of lawmaker Tahira Asif body was transformed into a culprits involved in this crime will be eternal peace and grant courage to the adopted. Nine lawmakers- members’ attendance was together to formulate a counterterror- in Lahore. Five lawmakers- bicameral legislature with an brought to justice. He also expressed bereaved family to bear the irreparable PPPP (3), MQM and PML-F available to observers and the ism strategy. MQM (3), PPPP and PML-N upper chamber and a lower sympathy with the aggrieved family and loss with equanimity. (two each), PTI and PML-N public. Those who spoke on the occasion (one each) participated in the chamber. prayed that Allah Almighty may grant A Leaf from History: ‘NA passes the Constitution Bill, 1973’ Salahudin Safdar The April 10, 1973 was also a day of praise for President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto repeatedly vowed not as a footnote that some rebel might but as a sign in Urdu language only on the Constitution, the Federal Minister for Law and Parliamentary in his speech to cooperate with opposition and constructivist, loyal friend and a patriot.” however, the suggestion was turned down. ISLAMABAD: Of most important few days in the Affairs Abdul Hafiz Pirzada for making the Consti- sought their cooperation as well. His words were, The Speaker Fazal Elahi Chaudhry chaired Molana Kosar Niazi, Sahibzada Ahmad Raza history of Pakistan, Tuesday, April 10, 1973 is tution reach at this stage. The two members from “To my friends of the Opposition, I would like to say the sitting and gave floor in the following order to Khan Qasuri, and Sheikh Muhammad Rashid re- undoubtedly Red Letter Day. It was the day when East Pakistan were also the part of the National that there have been troubles and quarrels but let the Attorney General of Pakistan Yahya Bakhtiar, cited Urdu couplets as well during the proceedings National Assembly approved the Constitution Bill Assembly that approved the Constitution including us put them aside, let us meet… I know there are lawmakers Khurshid Hasan Meer, Yousaf Khattak, when some angry lawmakers from the Opposition 1973. Mr. Nurul Amin & Raja Tridev Roy who had cho- problems that agitate your mind; we can discuss Ghous Bakhsh Raisani, Deputy Leader of the House benches returned to the House ending their boy- The National Assembly, which had come into be- sen to join Pakistan after the separation of East them soon, very soon.” Sheikh Muhammad Rasheed, JA Rahim, Moulana cott of the House. ing in the aftermath of first-ever general elections Pakistan. Congratulating Abdul Hafiz Pirzada, he stated, Kosar Niazi, Raja Tridev Roy, Malik Miraj Khalid, Finally the President moved after his speech on December 7, 1970, held its first session on April Abdul Hafiz Pirzada, in his winding up speech, “To the young Law Minister, I would say that he has Nurul Amin, Muhammad Haneef Khan, Malik Mo- that the Bill to provide the Constitution for the Is- 14, 1972 at the State Bank building in Islamabad. said, “We brought about a document consisting of done great service to Pakistan … of giving Pakistan hammad Akhtar, Miss Zahida Sultana, Sahibzada lamic Republic of Pakistan, as amended, be passed It took one year to come up with the Constitution 280 Articles and at the most there were 10 to 15 a Constitution, of piloting the Constitution Bill.” Ahmad Raza Khan Qasuri. The Law Minister Ab- and asked those in favor of the motion to rise in Bill, 1973. Articles where modifications were sought and that Discussing his constitutional limitations for not dul Hafeez Pirzada moved and got approved ten their seats. As many as 125 members of the Nation- The Constitutional Committee was formed to was the end of the matter.” being able to confer an award on Abdul Hafeez Pir- amendments in the Constitution Bill on last day. al Assembly with total strength of 150 lawmakers prepare the first draft for the purpose of framing The warmth of the historic day can be felt in his zada, he regretted saying, “if I were a dictator and The House also passed a resolution that steps and two members from former East Pakistan stood a permanent Constitution. The report of the Com- words, “Mr. President, Sir, first time in the histo- I did not have any regard for law and the Constitu- be taken to enable the members of the Constituent in their seats to show their approval to the motion. mittee was presented with a draft Constitution on ry of Pakistan of twenty-five years, we are not only tion, unhesitatingly, I would give the “Hilal-i-Paki- Assembly to sign the Constitution of the Islamic Following the passage of the Bill, the President re- 31 Dec’1972. It was passed by the Assembly unan- on threshold of giving a Constitution through most stan” to Mr Abdul Hafeez Pirzada for the outstand- Republic of Pakistan for the purpose of its being quested Leader of the Opposition Moulana Mufti imously, in its session of 10 April, 1973, and was recognized and cherished democratic process but ing services he has rendered to Pakistan… you will deposited in the National Museum. A lawmaker Mehmood to lead the prayer for thanks. And the authenticated by the President of Assembly on 12 we are almost over that threshold.” go down, my young friend, in history of Pakistan suggested to the Speaker that members should sitting was adjourned sine die after prayers. April, 1973, and enacted on August 14, 1973. | Editor-in-Chief: Muddassir Rizvi | Editor: Syed Abdul Ahad | Assistant Editor: Salahudin Safdar | Designer: Hammad, Rizwan | | Address: House 145, St 37, F-10/1, Islamabad. | Phone: +92 51 84 66 230-32 | Fax: +92 51 84 66 233 | Web: www.fafen.org | Twitter: @_FAFEN | Facebook: facebook.com/fafen.org | Portal: parliamentfiles.com | [email protected] |