THE MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2009 AT 10:00 A.M.
Recitation from the Holy Quran, its Urdu translation and
Naat in praise of Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
General Discussion on Annual Budget
for the year 2009-2010 to conclude.
LAHORE:MAQSOOD AHMAD MALIK
22 June 2009Secretary
Summary of Proceedings
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
(Started at 10:05 am)
Since Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Speaker had assumed the charge of Acting Governor, the Acting Speaker Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan assumed the Chair and proceedings commenced with a recitation from the Holy Qur’an and its Urdu translation by Qari Muhammad Ali followed by Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool (P.B.U.H.) by Mian Marghoob Ahmad Hamdani.
Privilege Motion
Only one Privilege motion was taken up. The motion moved by Syed Hassan Murtaza regarding misbehavior of DDOR, Chiniot was kept pending.
The motion was answered by Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Rana Sanaullah Khan.
Government Business:-
General Discussion on Annual Budget for the Year 2009-2010
The general discussion on Annual Budget for the year 2009-2010 resumed on the last day. In his winding up speech Minister for Finance, Tanvir Ashraf Kaira paid tribute to slain party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto and the efforts taken by party Co-Chairman and President Asif Ali Zardari for the welfare of the people. He said that under the prevailing circumstances, the budget was balanced and would help in achieving targets set for poverty alleviation, improvement of health, education and law and order. The Finance Minister said that Punjab Food Support Programme was a step for the wefare of poor and deserving citizens and meant to alleviate poverty from the province. The Sasti Roti programme would also prove vital for addressing the need for poor people. He further said that the Federal Government had announced to increase the salary of government employees by 20 percent instead of 15 percent and Punjab government would increase the salary of employees with the same ratio announced by the centre. He illustrated that Punjab Government had paid special attention towards the development and progress of Southern belt. He said that with the help of Cholistan Development Authority, a Master plan was prepared to initiate the projects pertaining to the construction of roads and livestock development. He said that major projects for the provision of water and its drainage were initiated in Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahimyar Khan, Muzaffargarh and Chishtian .The following members participated: Seemal Kamran Mr. Tahir Naveed, Muhammad Hafeez Akhtar Chaudhry, Dr. Samia Amjad, Ms. Rifat Sultana Dar, Dr. Farukh Javed, Mr. Amir Sahutra, Mrs. Nighat Nasir Sheikh, Rana Asif Mahmood, Engineer Shahzad Elahi, Ch. Muhammad Tariq Gujjar, Malik Jehan Zeb Warn, Ms. Zobia Rubab Malik, Mr. Ijaz Ahmed Khan Mr. Abdul Hafeez Khan, Mr. Ali Haidar Noor Khan Niazi, Mahdoom Syed Abdul Qadir Gillani, Mr. Muhammad Sana Ullah Khan Masti Khel, Mr. Muhammad Shafiq Khan, Mrs Sameer Ashraf, Maj(R) Zulfiqar Ali Gondal, Ch. Nadeem Khadim, Mrs. Nazma Jawad Hashmi, Mr. Imran Ashraf, Mr Reham Malik, Mian Muhammad Ali Laleka, Mian Shafi Muhammad, Malik Muhammad Waris Kalo, Ms. Tallat Yaqoob, Syed Abrar Hussain Shah, Mian Tariq Mehmood, Malik Muhammad Ammir Dogar, Mr. Javed Hassan Gujjar, Syeda Bushra Nawaz Gardezi, Ms. Sazia Ashfaq Mattu, Ms. Embesat Hamid,Mr. Shahid Mehmood Khan, Rana Muhammad Arshad, Ch. Muhammad Shafique, Najmi Saleem, Haji Zulfiqar Ali.
Then, the House was adjourned till 10:00 am, Wednesday, 24th June, 2009.
