Daily Friday April 25, 2014 Vol: FN-002/14, Issue NO. 80 FROM FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS TO AN OPEN AND EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT t Sub-Committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination is meeting today (Friday) at Parliament House, Islamabad National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat is meeting today (Friday) at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore. National Assembly Sub-Committee of PAC is meeting today (Friday) at Parliament House, Islamabad Royal dignitaries Afghan SIMS being Profile Senators raise 52 issues during issued hunting Saman Sultana Jafri permits by used in FATA, KP: Member National Assembly Prime Minister’s Zero Hour Foreign Ministry Interior Minister Usman Asad Our Correspondent Our Correspondent of Ufone and Zong; however, ISLAMABAD: The newly introduced the Pakistan Telecommunica- ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of ISLAMABAD: Federal Minis- Prime Minister’s Zero Hour in the Sen- tion Authority (PTA) has been Foreign Affairs has informed the ter for Interior and Narcotics ate remained productive as the lawmakers directed to contain these op- National Assembly that the roy- Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali raised 52 issues related to the prevailing erations. He said the federal al dignitaries from United Arab Khan has admitted that Af- law and order, energy and health sectors, government is fully aware of Emirates (UAE) visited Pakistan ghan cellular SIMs are being good governance as well as current politi- possible influx of Afghan refu- to hunt a protected species, hou- used inside the geographical gees after American exit from cal development during five sittings of the bara bustard and each dignitary territory of Pakistan especially the country and preparing to 103rd session. is allowed to hunt a specific Federally Administered Tribal Saman Sultana Jafri, meet such an eventuality. The Senate approved amendments in number of birds during a visit. Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pa- daughter of S. Makhmoor Replying to a question of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of In response to a question khtunkhwa (KP). Hassan Jafri, is politically raised by JUI-F lawmaker Naee- PPPP lawmaker Syeda Sughra Business during the first sitting of the Replying to an un-starred affiliated with MQM and ma Kishwar Khan during the Imam, the minister said some last session substituting the words “Zero question asked by PPPP leg- elected to the 14th Nation- fourth sitting of 10th session, seminaries and madrasahs in Hour” with words “Prime Minister’s Zero islator Sehar Kamran during Pakistan are receiving finan- al Assembly on reserved the Ministry said 13 members of Senate’s Question Hour in its Hour” and also requiring the Prime Min- cial support from foreign Is- seat for women. She is the the royal family of the UAE came 8th sitting of 103rd session, ister to appear in the Upper House once lamic countries and these re- resident of Karachi. Cur- for hunting during the hunting the minister said Afghan cel- a week. The amendments were brought mittances are received through rently she is appointed as season; however, no eagle was lular SIMs are being used in- by MQM lawmaker Senator Tahir Hussain banking channels, adding a a member of the Standing imported or exported and each side Pakistan in commission Mashhadi and the House gave approval to dignitary was allowed to hunt a mechanism to monitor semi- Committee on Informa- of various crimes, including tion, Broadcasting and them. maximum of 100 birds. life threats, extortion, illegal Senators, including Saeed Ghani, Saee- were raised during the first sitting before National Heritage. According to the amendments, in case The ministry said the royal Voiceover Internet Protocol da Iqbal, Khalida Parveen, Farhatullah the introduction of Prime Minister’s Zero Prime Minister and the Minister con- dignitaries come to hunt hou- (VoIP) activity and terrorist Hour, four POs on Private Members’ Day Parliamentary cerned are not present, the Chairman, if Babar, Rehman Malik, Mukhtiar Ahmed bara bustard, which is a protect- communication, which have deemed necessary, may require the Min- Dhamrah, Surriya Ameer-ud-din, Karim during 6th sitting and none in the 8th ed species and steps are taken been reportedly brought to the Information ister concerned to respond to the point Ahmed Khawaja and Faisal Raza Abidi fol- sitting. each year for its breeding and knowledge of different law en- conservation. The Lahore High Australian raised by the member on a date to be fixed lowed by five ANP Senators (Shahi Syed, Earlier, the House Business Advisory forcement agencies. Court slapped an interim ban on by the Chairman. Farah Aqil, Zahid Khan, Haji Muham- Committee of the Upper House had sug- The minister said around Parliament hunting in Punjab on January The Parliament of Australia, The 103rd session of Senate held eight mad Adeel and Afrasiab Khattak), three gested holding Zero Hour for 30 minutes 17,000 Afghan SIMs were wherein six to ten members could take the 31, 2014, whereas the govern- recovered by the FIA after a officially “The Parliament sittings from April 14, 2014 to April 23, MQM Senators (Tahir Husain Mashhadi, naries is also ready under the ment issued special permits to raid on an operational illegal of the Commonwealth” but 2014 and Prime Minister’s Zero Hour was Babar Khan Ghauri and Shirala Malick), floor for Points of Order during this time. National Security Policy. He the royal family members of the VoIP set up in Peshawar in commonly referred to as the observed during five of these sittings, in- two PML Senators (Kamil Ali Agha and Senator Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, in said 2,090 people had died in Arab World. December 2013, which sug- Commonwealth Parliament cluding 2nd sitting, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th Ch. Shujaat Hussain) and one each by his brief speech before the start of Prime sectarian attacks from 2008 to On the other hand, Sindh gests these SIMs are or have or the Federal Parliament, is BNP-A (Kalsoom Parveen), PkMAP (Ab- Minister’s Zero Hour, congratulated the 2014, of which, 104 lost their the legislative branch of the sittings. where a large number of licens- been operational in Pakistan. dul Rauf), PML-N (Muhammad Hamza), Upper House for taking the initiative and lives in Punjab, 252 in Sindh, government of Australia. It Discussion on thirteen issues were es are issued during the hunt- He said these SIMs belong to termed it a good step for the respect and 22 in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, consists of three elements: held during the 2nd sitting, 10 issues JUI-F (Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri), ing season is also attempting MTG (Multinational Telecom- 737 in Balochistan, while 867 the Queen, the Senate and during 3rd, seven in 4th, nine in 5th and PML-F (Muzaffar Hussain Shah) and an dignity of Senate. He said all the lawmak- to challenge the Foreign Affairs munication Group) and RO- in FATA, 103 in Gilgit-Baltis- the House of Representa- 13 in the 7th sitting. Independent lawmaker (Humayun Khan ers in the House will now get the opportu- Ministry’s right to issue per- SHAN and these SIMs mostly tan and five in Islamabad. tives. The Queen is repre- Mandokhail). nity to discuss the issues of downtrodden mits. acquire the roaming facility These issues were raised by nine PPPP sented by the Governor-Gen- However, three Points of Order (POs) segment of the country. eral. 10 National Assembly Sessions The combination of two Pak-Russia ties improving elected houses, in which the members of the Senate Seven privilege motions represent the six States and the two major self-governing after 9/11, Senate told Territories while the mem- bers of the House represent filed by lawmakers Abdul Aleem stan Navy Ship Aslat made a friendly port to the government of Pakistan. The un- constituencies according to Irfana Yasser Faisalabad and alleged he (ANP) who submitted 12 call to the Russian naval base of Novoros- settled mutual claims issue has been population, is modelled on pointed out a gun at him in motions - seven by PPPP ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign ISLAMABAD: The mem- siysk. This was an historic event as being hampering furtherance of our bilateral the United States Congress. his office and used abusive and five by ANP. Male sen- Affairs has informed the Senate that Pa- bers of the National As- the first port call to Russia by any Pa- economic relations and Russian invest- Through both houses, how- language, another PML-N ators filed more motions kistan’s relations with Russia improved sembly filed eight privilege kistani naval fleet. During the visit, full ment in Pakistan. The Ministry also ever, there is a fused exec- lawmaker filed a motion than their female coun- after 9/11 attacks in the United States motions during the ten protocol was extended with a message of admitted that all major Russian compa- utive, drawn from the West- against the IG Punjab ac- terparts as eleven motions and foreign invasion in Afghanistan. sessions held so far and stressing the need for carrying out such nies are state owned and are reluctant to minster System. cusing him of implicating were filed by male and one Replying to an un-starred question most of them were sub- visits in future as well. A Russian Navy participate in open bidding of tenders as in a false case in Faisala- by a female member. Out of asked by PPPP Senator Sehar Kamran Senate mitted by the legislators of ship would also be making the first ever per their policy. However, the Pakistan bad police station, a PPPP the 12 privileged motions, during the 7th sitting of 103rd session, The upper house, the Sen- the ruling party Pakistan port call to Pakistan in end-April.” government is bound under PPRA rules member filed a motion nine were sent to the rel- the Ministry said the September 2001 ate, consists of 76 members: Muslim League-Nawaz The Ministry against leveling of allega- evant committees, two terrorist attacks in the US followed by twelve for each state, and (PML-N).