Senators Raise 52 Issues During Prime Minister's Zero Hour Pak-Russia

Daily Friday April 25, 2014 Vol: FN-002/14, Issue NO. 80

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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 members 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). admitted there are tions against the Leader of were deferred and one was international involvement in Afghanistan two each for the Northern An analysis of the last the Opposition; however, it pending. some unsettled dis- Territory and the Australian ten sessions shows that were a watershed in forging a new era of was deferred. The motions are re- putes between both Capital Territory. Senators the members drew the Pakistan’s relations with Russia. “Ironi- A PPPP member filed lated to the misbehavior the countries and are elected using a form of attention of the Lower cally, if Afghanistan was the main source a privilege motion against of personnel of Peshawar Pakistan exporters proportional voting. House towards eight mat- of tensions between the two countries in alleged misbehavior of an Cantonment Board, the earned rights to ex- ters, which in their view the 1980s, it also became the point of House of official of Airport Security Finance Division for mis- port their goods into breached their privilege. convergence.” Force at Moenjodaro Air- informing about security Soviet Union, equiv- Representatives The House accepted sev- The Ministry said since 2001 rela- port, Larkana, a PML-N papers of Managing Direc- alent to the value of The lower house, the House en motions while one was tions between Pakistan and Russia have member submitted a mo- tor, against Chief Secre- sea freight earned by of Representatives, current- deferred. Three privilege gradually improved to develop a mutual tion against alleged mis- tary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, them for Soviet ships. ly consists of 150 members, motions were submitted by understanding on important political and behavior of police officials non-operational elec- who represent districts the PML-N lawmakers, two After the collapse of with him during lawyers’ tro-medical instruments, security issues and commencement of known as electoral divisions each by the Pakistan Peo- Soviet Union, dis- protest outside the Parlia- government for not tabling cooperation in various fields. It said Pa- (commonly referred to as ple Party Parliamentarians putes arose regarding ment Building, the AML ordinances in the Senate, kistan fully recognizes Russia’s reemer- “electorates” or “seats”). (PPPP) and the Awami rights of Pakistani ex- chief file two separate misleading the House over gence as a major political and economic The number of members is Muslim League (AML) and porters to ship their motions against non-con- issue of economic charter, player in the region and the world after not fixed, but can vary with one by a member of the goods to Russia (suc- struction of boundary wall a lawmaker’s confinement a hiatus of nearly two decades. “Similar- boundary changes resulting Muttahida Qaumi Move- cessor state) in lieu of MNAs Hostel and his in the lodges due to VIP ly, Russia knows that Pakistan can play from electoral redistribu- ment (MQM). of freights arranged offloading from a Cana- movement in the Federal a key role in the Afghan endgame which tions, which are required Most privilege motions by them for the Soviet da-bound flight in Islam- Capital, not tabling the has been its constant concern in the post on a regular basis. The most were filed by members vessels. A Pakistani abad. Pakistan Protection Or- 2014 scenario.” recent overall increase in who think their privilege company sought legal The lawmakers in the dinance and the Anti-ter- The Ministry said the Prime Minis- was breached instead of the size of the House, which Senate sponsored twelve rorism Ordinance, a news remedy to get their the House. A MQM mem- ter’s guideline is that being an important came into effect at the 1984 privilege motions and drew item published in a section claims settled through a lawsuit against for floating open bidding of the public ber filed a privilege motion and regional power, Pakistan should con- election, increased the num- the attention of the House of press regarding phone the Russian Federation. projects in order to ensure transparency against the misbehavior tinue to enhance ties with Russia, adding ber of members from 125 to towards breach of their tapping of politicians, In response, the Sindh High Court or- and price competitiveness. The minis- of the Director General of Russia has also shown keen interest for 148. privilege during the last journalists, government dered to freeze the funds available in the try of foreign affairs said that Pakistan Passport and Immigra- investment in important projects for Pa- seven sessions. In sub- officials and important two accounts of a Russian State owned is urging the Russian side to reconsider tion, a PML-N member kistan and there is yet another positive mitting privilege motions, personalities, the Foreign enterprises opened in the National Bank their policy and take part in the bidding filed a complaint against development in bilateral relations after Visit the most active members Office spokesperson and of Pakistan to facilitate the repayments of process. the Deputy Superinten- the formation of the PML-N government. were from the PPPP and the PTI’s chief for state- State credit extended by the then USSR dent General Post Office, “From 17 to 20 October 2013, the Paki- the Awami National Party ment against senators. pw.fafen.org/cf

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