List of Business
Revised
PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PUNJAB
LIST OF BUSINESS
FOR
THE MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD ON MONDAY,
27 AUGUST 2012 AT 3:00 P.M.
Tilawat and Naat
QUESTIONS
relating to
EXCISE & TAXATION DEPARTMENT
to be asked and answers given
CALL ATTENTION NOTICES
Call Attention Notices, entered in the
separate list to be asked and oral answers given
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
(A) INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
1. THE PUNJAB SERVICE TRIBUNALS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2012
A MINISTER to introduce the Punjab Service Tribunals (Amendment) Bill 2012.
2. THE PUNJAB LOCAL GOVERNMENT (FOURTH AMENDMENT) BILL 2012
A MINISTER to introduce the Punjab Local Government (Fourth Amendment) Bill 2012
(B) LAYING OF ORDINANCE
THE PUNJAB TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGANS AND TISSUES ORDINANCE 2012
A MINISTER to lay the Punjab Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2012.
(C) RECONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF BILLS
1. THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB BILL 2012 (Bill No.18 of 2012)
(a) A MINISTER to move that the message of the Governor in respect of the Information Technology University of the Punjab Bill 2012, as passed by the Assembly on 18 July 2012, be taken into consideration at once.
(b) A MINISTER to move that the Information Technology University of the Punjab Bill 2012, as originally passed by the Assembly and returned by the Governor under Article 116(2)(b) of the Constitution, be reconsidered in the light of the message of the Governor.
(c) A MINISTER to move that in clause 9 of the Bill–
(a) in sub-clause (1), for the words “Chief Minister”, the word “Governor” shall be substituted.
(b) after sub-clause (3), the following new sub-clause (4) shall be inserted:-
“(4) In the performance of all the functions under this Act, the Chancellor shall act and shall be bound in the same manner as the Governor of a Province acts and is bound under clause (1) of Article 105 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”
(d) A MINISTER to move that in clause 10 of the Bill, after sub-clause (3), the following new sub-clause (4) shall be inserted:-
“(4) The Chancellor may set aside a decision or action of the Syndicate, which, in the opinion of the Chancellor, is against the law, interest of academic excellence of the University, religious or cultural ideology, or national integrity.”
(e) A MINISTER to move that in clause 31 of the Bill, after sub-clause (2), the following new sub-clause (3) shall be inserted:-
“(3) The Syndicate shall recommend statutes under clauses (a) and (b) of subsection (2) to the Chancellor who may approve the statutes with or without any modification or may refer the statutes back to the Syndicate for reconsideration or may reject the statutes.”
(f) A MINISTER to move that after clause 35 of the Bill, the following new clause 36 shall be inserted and the subsequent clauses be renumbered accordingly:-
“36. Resident Auditor.– The Government shall appoint, on deputation, an appropriate officer of the Government as the Resident Auditor of the University.”
(g) A MINISTER to move that the Information Technology University of the Punjab Bill 2012, as amended, be passed again.
2. THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT SERVANTS HOUSING FOUNDATION (SECOND AMENDMENT) BILL 2011 (Bill No.11 of 2012)
A MINISTER to move that the message of the Governor in respect of the Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation (Second Amendment) Bill 2012, as passed by the Assembly on 18 July 2012, be taken into consideration at once.
A MINISTER to move that the Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation (Second Amendment) Bill 2012, as originally passed by the Assembly and returned by the Governor under Article 116(2)(b) of the Constitution, be reconsidered in the light of the message of the Governor.
A MINISTER to move that the Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation (Second Amendment) Bill 2012, as originally passed by the Assembly be passed again.
(D) CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF BILLS
1. THE WOMEN UNIVERSITY MULTAN (AMENDMENT) BILL 2012 (Bill No.12 of 2012)
A MINISTER to move that the Women University Multan (Amendment) Bill 2012, as recommended by the Standing Committee on Education, be taken into consideration at once.
A MINISTER to move that the Women University Multan (Amendment) Bill 2012 be passed.
2. THE PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 2012 (Bill No.13 of 2012)
A MINISTER to move that the Public Sector Universities (Amendment) Bill 2012, as recommended by the Standing Committee on Education, be taken into consideration at once.
A MINISTER to move that the Public Sector Universities (Amendment) Bill 2012 be passed.
3. THE UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, LAHORE (AMENDMENT) BILL 2012 (Bill No.15 of 2012)
A MINISTER to move that the University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore (Amendment) Bill 2012, as recommended by the Standing Committee on Livestock and Dairy Development, be taken into consideration at once.
A MINISTER to move that the University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore (Amendment) Bill 2012 be passed.
LAHORE: MAQSOOD AHMAD MALIK
27 August 2012 Secretary
Summary of Proceedings
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Monday, August 27, 2012
(Started at 05:45 pm)
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Speaker, assumed the Chair and proceedings commenced with a recitation from the Holy Qur’an and its Urdu translation followed by Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool (PBUH).
Fateha:-
The House offered fateha on the sad demise of the brother-in-law of Ch. Zaheer-ud-Din, mother of Ms. Shazia Ashfaq Mattu (MPA) and wife of Ex-MPA, Peer Ghullam Farid.
Panel of Chairmen:-
The Secretary Assembly announced the Panel of Chairmen for the session, as envisaged in Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab 1997. The names of the Panel, in order of precedence, are as under: −
1. Dr. Asad Ashraf, MPA (PP-138)
2. Mehr Ishtiaq Ahmad, MPA (PP-150)
3. Ch. Tahir Mehmood Hundli Advocate, (PP-125)
4. Humaira Awais Shahid, MPA (W-351)
The Opposition halted the proceedings and staged protest against the Presiding Officer for not forwarding two names to the National Assembly Speaker for inclusion in the National Commission on New Provinces.
At this stage, the quorum was pointed out and the House was then adjourned till 10:00 am on Tuesday, August, 28, 2012.