Sitting on 31st August 2015

Summary of Proceedings

Summary of the Proceedings

Monday, August 31, 2015

(Started at 3:54 pm)

Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani, Acting 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).

Question Hour

Questions relating to Religious Affairs & Auqaf Department were asked and Mian Atta Muhammad Manika, Minister for Religious Affairs & Auqaf answered the questions.

Call Attention Notices

Six Call Attention Notices were taken up. The Notices kept pending on 11-06-2015 one moved by Sardar Shahab-ud-Din Khan regarding death of two brothers and injuring one by the police firing at Thana New Town, Rawalpindi and the Notice moved by Mr Muhammad Sibtain Khan regarding assassination of Ch. Shamshad Ahmad Khan, MPA, his son and his friend at Thana Sadar, Tehsil Kamoke, the Notice of Mian Tariq Mehmood kept pending on 27-08-2015 regarding aerial firing by the dacoits at mini market, Lahore, the Notice moved by Ch Aamir Sultan Cheema regarding killing of a woman and her two children through suffocation in Sheikhupura by unknown people who fled from the crime scene after throwing the dead bodies, and the Notice moved by Ms Raheela Anwer regarding uninterrupted firing for 30 to 45 minutes on her Dera located at District Jehlum and her son were disposed of. The Notice of Mr Muhammad Sibtain Khan kept pending on 27-08-2015 regarding a suicide bomber attack at the Dera of Col. (R) Shuja Khanzada, Minister for Home, Punjab in which the Minister himself and 22 people died including DSP Mr Shoukat and injuring 20 officials deployed for the security purpose, was kept pending.

The Notices were answered by Rana Sana Ullah Khan, Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs.

Extension in Time Limit for Laying the Report

On a Motion moved by Rana Abdul Rauf, the House granted two months extension to the Standing Committee on Housing, Urban Development & Public Health Engineering for laying its reports in respect of Adjournment Motions No.728/14 and 237/14”.

Adjournment Motions

Six Adjournment Motions were taken up. The Motion moved by Mian Nasir Ahmed regarding illegal construction of residence at Jampur after demolition of mosque by PTI leaders and sitting MPAs Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dreshak and Sardar Ali Raza Khan Dreshak and illegally grabbing 4 kanals government land owned by Irrigation Department, the Motion moved by Mr Amjad Ali Javed regarding illegal possession, demolition and later selling building material worth millions of rupees of PA house located at Mari Pachadh by Shahid Hussain Gorchani and Firdous Khan (Jamadar and Dafadar BMP) respectively, this building was constructed almost 20-year back by the then Chairman Zila Council to accommodate and provide safety to the Security Staff posted in the area and now this building is in personal use of Jamadar and Dafadar and no action has yet been initiated even after the registration of complaint by local public of the area against them, the Motion moved by Mian Tariq Mehmood regarding non-provision of privileges to two deceased employees of Punjab Police Mr Khayyam Razzaq a constable while getting training at Elite Training School, Bedian Road, Lahore and the other deceased Mr Muhammad Bhatti Sub-Inspector posted at Shadbagh Lahore Investigation died during police encounter due to sluggishness of officers of the department. The both have neither been conferred upon privileges of a martyr nor their families have received privileges of a civil servant including legal grants and offering employment to one of their dependents and the Motion moved by Sheikh Ala-ud-Din regarding zero utilization of building worth millions of rupees allocated for Writers’ Guild of Pakistan located in highly commercialized area near Punjab Assembly is extremely in dilapidated condition and if it is not used for suitable purpose it would be illegally occupied by the “qabza mafia” therefore this building can have multifarious usages to financially strengthen literary people and their families, were kept pending till next week. The Motion moved by Mr Tariq Mehmood Bajwa regarding purchase of medicines for the treatment of the Hepatitis from foreign pharmaceutical companies by the health mafia of Health Department, planning to embezzle Rs.2.5 billion funds allocated by the Punjab Government for the treatment of poor patients thus violating the laws of the country and the Motion moved by Mr Muhammad Arshad Malik, Advocate regarding destruction of village Qutb Shahana located at the Bank of River Ravi district Sahiwal due to river water entering in the village and badly effecting its crops, were disposed of.

The Motions were answered by Ch. Nazar Hussain, Parliamentary Secretary for Law & Parliamentary Affairs.

Government Business

Laying of Reports

Rana Sana Ullah Khan, Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs laid the following reports before the House, which were referred to the Public Accounts Committee-I & II with the direction to submit their reports within one year.

1.      FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2008-2009

2.      AUDIT REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS OF DROUGHT RECOVERY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROJECT (DRAPP), PUNJAB FOR AUDIT YEAR 2009-2010

3.      AUDIT REPORT ON MANAGEMENT OF HILL TORRENTS IN CRBC AREA (STAGE-III) IN D.G KHAN AND TAUNSA DISTRICT DERA GHAZI KHAN, GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT FOR AUDIT YEAR 2011-12

4.      AUDIT REPORT ON DUALIZATION OF LAHORE – FAISALABAD – JHANG – BHAKKAR ROAD (LENGTH 42-33 KM), GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB, COMMUNICATION & WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR AUDIT YEAR 2011-12

5.      AUDIT REPORT ON DUALIZATION OF FAISALABAD SAMMUNDRI ROAD (SECTION BETWEEN FAISALABAD BYPASS OF SAMMUNDRI), GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB, COMMUNICATION & WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR AUDIT YEAR 2012-13.

The House was then adjourned till Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 10:00 am.

Resolutions Passed

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