NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT BULLETIN OF THE ASSEMBLY (16th SESSION) Date Monday, the 11th November, 2019 Commenced at 4.36 P.M. Adjourned at 6:59 P.M. Total working hours 1 Hour 57 Minutes Presided by Mr. Asad Qaisar, Speaker, Mr. Muhammad Qasim Khan Suri, Deputy Speaker, National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Attendance 194 1. TILAWAT, NAAT AND NATIONAL ANTHEM Tilawat and Naat by Qari Muhammad Yunus National anthem QUESTIONS 2. Questions entered in a separate list to be Questions No. 1, 27, 58, 60, 62 and 66 were asked asked and answers given. and their answers given. BREAK At 5.19 p.m. Mr. Speaker suspended the proceedings of the House for Maghrab prayer and the House re-assembled at 5.44 p.m. LEAVE APPLICATIONS The leave applications of the Members who requested for grant of leave were read out by the honourable Speaker and granted. CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE 3. MR. RIAZ FATYANA to invite attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a matter of urgent public importance Dropped regarding slow process for issuance of (The mover was not present) study visas by the German Embassy to more than one thousand Pakistani students after their admission in different Universities in Germany, causing grave concern amongst the public 1 RESOLUTIONS 13. CHAUDHARY TARIQ BASHIR CHEEMA, Moved by CHAUDHARY TARIQ BASHIR CHEEMA, Minister for Housing and Works to move Minister for Housing and Works and adopted. the following resolution:- “That the National Assembly resolves to extend the Recovery of Mortgaged-backed Security Ordinance, 2019 (No. IX of 2019) for a further period of one hundred and twenty days w.e.f. 15th November, 2019 under proviso to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of clause (2) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic republic of Pakistan”. ORDINANCES LAID BEFORE THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 5. MAKHDOOM KHUSRO BUKHTIAR, Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms to lay the China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Ordinance, 2019 (No. XII Deferred of 2019) before the National Assembly as required by clause (2) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 6. DR. ABDUL HAFEEZ SHAIKH, Adviser to Laid by Makhdoom Zain Hussain Qureshi, the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue to Parliamentary Secretary for Finance lay the Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (No. XIII of 2019) before the National Assembly as required by clause (2) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 7. DR. MUHAMMAD FAROGH NASEEM, Laid by Mr. Ali Muhammad Khan, Minister for Law and Justice to lay the Code of Minister of State for Parliamentary Affiars Civil Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (No. XXII of 2019) before the National Assembly as required by clause (2) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. MOTION OF THANKS 8. MR. MUHAMMAD AZAM KHAN SWATI, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, to move the following motion:- “This House expresses its deep Left Over gratitude to the President of Pakistan for his address to both Houses assembled together on 12th September, 2019.” 2 PAPERS LAID BEFORE THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: 9. DR. ABDUL HAFEEZ SHAIKH, Adviser to the Laid by Makhdoom Zain Hussain Qureshi, Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue to lay Parliamentary Secretary for Finance before the National Assembly the annual report of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan on the statement of accounts of SECP, certified by the auditors for the year ended on the 30th June, 2017 as required by sub-section (6) of section 25 of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act, 1997. MATTERS OTHER THAN POINTS OF ORDER 10. Raising matters under Rule 18 which are not Points of Order. Name of member(s) Brief Subject Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur Invited attention towards Plague of locusts in (5:56 p.m to 6:00 p.m) Sindh. The following Members also spoke on the matter:- 1. Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan (6:00 p.m to 6:03 p.m) 2. Mr. Ali Muhammad Khan Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (6:03 p.m to 6:04 p.m) (6:05 p.m to 6:06 p.m) 3. Mr. Ghous Bux Khan Mahar (6:04 p.m to 6:04 p.m) 4. Rana Tanveer Hussain (6:04 p.m to 6:05 p.m) Dr. Shireen M. Mazari, Steps taken by the Government regarding the Minister for Human Rights opening of Kirtarpur Border. (6:07 p.m to 6:08 p.m) (6:427 p.m to 6:44 p.m) Mr. Mohsin Dawar Problems of people of erstwhile FATA. (6:14 p.m to 6:17 p.m) Mr. Murtaza Javed Abbasi Completion of Hazara Motorway. (6:18 p.m to 6:20 p.m) Mr. Murad Saeed, Responded on points raised regarding Hazara Federal Minister for Communications, Addl: Motorway. Postal Services (6:20 p.m to 6:25 p.m) (6:51 p.m to 6:52 p.m) 3 Mr. Omar Ayub Khan Popularity of PTI is growing in Abbottabad. Federal Minister for Energy Addl: Petroleum Division (6:25 p.m to 6:26 p.m) Mr. Aftab Jehangir China cutting in NA-252. Parliamentary Secretary, Religious Affair and Interfaith Harmony) (6:27 p.m to 6:30 p.m) Mr. Abdul Qadir Patel Provision of security to MNAs belonging to (6:35 p.m to 6:42 p.m) Karachi. Mr. Noor Alam Khan Fixation of prices of wheat and sugar cane for (6:44 p.m to 6:50 p.m) farmers. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Appreciated the opening of Kirtarpur border. (6:52 p.m to 6:54 p.m) Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan Criticized Government’s unilateral peace (6:54 p.m to 6:59 p.m) initiatives with India. CALLING ATTENTION NOTICE 11. MR. MUHAMMAD AFZAL KHOKHAR to Attention invited by MR. MUHAMMAD AFZAL invite attention of the Minister for Federal KHOKHAR, Ms. Wajiha Akram, Parliamentary Education and Professional Training, Secretary, Ministry of Federal Education & National History and Literary Heritage to a Professional Training, made a brief statement, and matter of urgent public importance answers given. regarding non-utilization of funds of Rs. 2981.069 million approved in 2015 for the provision of scholarships for higher education to the students from Balochistan and erstwhile FATA, causing grave concern amongst the public. QUORUM Quorum.- At 6.59 p.m. Ms. Shahida Rehmani, MNA belonging to PPPP drew attention of the Chair towards lack of quorum. Count was made, the quorum was not available, the proceeding of the House was adjourned to meet again on Thursday, the 14th November, 2019 at 11.00 a.m. The sitting of the Assembly was adjourned to meet again on Thursday, the 14th November, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Islamabad, the TAHIR HUSSAIN 11TH November, 2019. Secretary 4 .