Sitting on 21st June 2008

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Summary of Proceedings

SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Saturday, June 21, 2008

(Started at 10:37 am)

 

Acting Speaker, Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan assumed the Chair and proceedings commenced with the recitation from the Holy Qur’an and its Urdu translation followed by Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool (P.B.U.H.) by Qari Ghulam Rasool.

 

The Acting Speaker announced that there would be two sittings on the day and the second sitting would start at 4.00 pm after the break for prayer and lunch

 

On the request of Mr Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, Minister for Finance, a special prayer was offered by the House for the assassinated PPPP Chairperson Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.

 

Point of Order

On a point of order, Sheikh Ala-ud-Din drew the attention of the House on a news report, centring round MPAs thirst for five-star hotel facilities. He was of the view that members must be urged to play a serious role towards the development of the nation.

 

On another point of order, he drew the attention of the House towards the matter regarding ejectment of the widow of late Dildar Pervez Bhatti, renowned artist and teacher, from a government residence. The Acting Speaker asked Mr Kamran Michael, Minister for Human Rights & Minorities, to look into the matter.

 

Privilege Motions

A total of four Privilege Motions were taken up. The Privilege Motion moved by Mrs Fozia Behram regarding contemptuous behaviour of EDO(Retd) Chakwal was referred to the Committee by the Chair and the rest were pended till next session.

 

Government Business

General Discussion on Annual Budget for the Year 2008-09

General discussion on Annual Budget for the year 2008-09 was resumed on the third day.

The following members participated in the discussion in the pre-lunch and post-lunch sessions:-

Dr Amna Buttar, Mr Ahmed Khan Baloch, Mr Shaukat Mahmood Basra, Mr Saeed Akbar Khan, Sardar Athar Hassan Khan Gorchani, Mr Tanvir Aslam Malik, Mr Najaf Abbas Khan Sial, Rao Kashif Raheem Khan, Mr Shah Jahan Ahmad Bhatti, Malik Jalal-ud-Din Dhakku, Rana Munawar Hussain alias Rana Munawar Ghous Khan, Mrs Fouzia Behram, Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan, Dr Zamurad Yasmin Rana, Mrs Mehmooda Cheema, Mr Naseer Ahmad, Mrs Nasim Nasir Khawaja, Mr Muhammad Mueen Wattoo, Major (Retd) Abdul Rehman Rana, Al-Haaj Muhammad Ilyas Chinioti, Mrs Sajida Mir, Mrs Rifat Sultana Dar, Mrs Afshan Farooq, Ch Javed Ahmad, Advocate and Dr Ghazala Raza Rana.

 

The House was then adjourned to meet on June 23, 2008 (June 22 being Sunday) at 10:30 a.m.

Resolutions Passed

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