The Assembly in Brief
Provincial Assembly of Sindh
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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's address to the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, August 11, 1947 Table of Contents
Nisar Ahmed Khuhro Speaker Preface i Constitutional Authority 01
Brief History 03
Parliamentarian as Legislator 05
Business of the House: Legislative Calendar and Sessions 09
Syeda Shehla Raza Business of the House: Motions and Deputy Speaker Points of Order 12
Legislative Process 15
Budget: Role of the Provincial Assembly 20
Question Hour 24
Committee Effectiveness 27
Parliamentary Privilege 30 Hadi Bux Buriro Secretary Assembly Constituency Relations Management 33
Research Support 37
Glossary of Parliamentary Terms 40 02 P A R L I A M E N T I N B R I E F
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Note: For more information about various aspects of the budget Question Hour is an accountability tool, which and role of the legislator, please see “A Guide to Understand the allows the Legislature to hold the Executive Budget in Pakistan” and the “Budget Processes and Analysis Manual; developed by USAID-PLSP, and published bilingually in answerable to the public and make the Members Urdu and English. of the Parliament aware of the activities of the Ministries and Divisions. In addition, the Members can seek any information on matters of national significance, as well as draw the attention of the government to public grievances so as to get them addressed.
Notice of Questions A Member can ask a question through a 15-day written notice.1 The question must be addressed to the concerned Minister and should be precise and to the point.
Time for Questions The first hour of every sitting, (except on Saturdays and Sundays2), after recitation from the Holy Quran, and taking of oath by Members, is available for asking and answering of questions.
Kinds of Questions: Each Member may ask five starred and five un- starred questions in a day’s sitting.3
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