NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT BULLETIN OF THE ASSEMBLY (19th SESSION)

Date Tuesday, the 11th February, 2020 Commenced at 4:25 P.M. Adjourned at 8:12 P.M. Total working hours 3 Hour 47 Minutes Presided by 1. Mr. , Speaker, National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of . 2. Mr. Muhammad Qasim Khan Suri, Deputy Speaker National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Attendance 224

1. TILAWAT, NAAT AND NATIONAL ANTHEM  Tilawat by Qari Ibrar Hussain  Naat by Ali Raza Quardi  National anthem

FATEHA

The House offered “Fateha” for the departed soul of wife of Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani, MNA

LEAVE APPLICATIONS

The leave applications of the Members who requested for grant of leave were read out by the honourable Speaker and granted.

WELCOME

Mr. Speaker welcomed the delegation of the Lawyers from District Bar Association Charsadda, witnessing the proceedings of the House from the Visitor’s Gallery.

CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

2. SARDAR TALIB HASSAN NAKAI MR. SHER AKBAR KHAN MS. NAFEESA INAYATULLAH KHAN KHATTAK to invite attention of the Minister for Energy Deferred for 13th Feb, 2020 to a matter of urgent public importance regarding enormous electricity bills being charged from tube well consumers/farmers despite providing them subsidy, causing grave concern amongst the public.

1 LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

3. MR. , Minister for Defence to move that the Bill to provide for constitution and regulation of the Joint Maritime Information Organization [The Left Over Joint Maritime Information Organization Bill, 2019], as reported by the Standing Committee, be taken into consideration at once. 4. MR. PERVEZ KHATTAK, Minister for Defence to move that the Bill to provide for constitution and regulation of the Joint Maritime Information Organization [The Left Over Joint Maritime Information Organization Bill, 2019], be passed.

PAPERS TO BE LAID BEFORE THE NATIONAL ASSEMLBY:

5. DR. , Advisor to the Prime Mr. , Minister on Finance and Revenue to lay before the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, National Assembly the Fiscal and Debt Policy Laid the papers. Statements for the year 2019-2020, as required by sections 6 and 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act, 2005.

MOTION UNDER RULE 259

6. Discussion on the following motion moved by MR. ALI MUHAMMAD KHAN, Minister of State for The following members participated in the th Parliamentary Affairs on 10 February, 2020:- discussion on the motion:-

“This House may discuss the economic conditions 1. Mr. Ali Muhammad Khan, of the country.” Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, 4:36 p.m to 4:37 p.m

2. Khwaja Muhammad Asif 4:38 p.m to 5:09 p.m

3. Mr. Muhammad , Minister for Economic Affairs Division 5:09 p.m to 5:23 p.m

4. Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 5:23 p.m to 5:58 p.m

5. Mr. , Minister for Communication 5:58 p.m to 6:42 p.m

6. Mr. Abdul Qadir Patel 6:43 p.m to 7:07 p.m

7. Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha 7:07 p.m to 7:32 p.m

8. Mr. Salahuddin 7:32 p.m to 7:519 p.m

9. Mr. Muhammad Anwar 7:51 p.m to 8:12 p.m

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MOTION OF THANKS

7. MR. MUHAMMAD AZAM KHAN SAWATI, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, to move the following motion:- Left Over “This House expresses its deep gratitude to the President of Pakistan for his address to both Houses assembled together on 12th September, 2019.”

MATTER OTHER THAN POINTS OF ORDER

8. Name of the Member Brief Subject

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CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE

9. SYED AGHA RAFIULLAH MR. ABDUL QADIR PATEL JAM ABDUL KARIM BIJAR SYED MR. MAHESH KUMAR MALANI to invite attention of the Minister for Railways to a matter Left Over of urgent public importance regarding non- payment of pension to recently retired employees and other allowances to serving employees of Railways, causing grave concern amongst the public.

The sitting of the Assembly was adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, the 12th February, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

Islamabad, the TAHIR HUSSAIN 11th February, 2020. Secretary

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