Islamabad, February 21, 2023 (PPI-OT):A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges was held today at 2:00 p.m in the Constitution Room, Parliament House, Islamabad under the Chairmanship of Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon, MNA.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Syed Imran Ahmed Shah, MNA regarding misbehaviour of Mian Imran Khursheed, Assistant Director and Mr. Muhammad Ikram, Assistant Supervisor, NADRA Sahiwal with the Hon. Member, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege with the direction that an inquiry should be initiated against Mian Imran Khursheed and Mr. Muhammad Ikram on the said matter and action should be taken as per rules with a report to the Committee within fifteen days.
The Committee also directed that NADRA should give a presentation to the Committee in its next meeting on the issue of not preparing the I.D Cards of Pathan Families and action should be taken against those in NADRA who are involved in illegal processing of I.D cards and future measures taken in this regard.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Syed Imran Ahmed Shah, MNA regarding not-responding to the telephone calls of the Hon. Member by Chaudhary Saeed, CEO, Education, Sahiwal, the Committee expressed its displeasure for not attending the meeting by Secretary, School Education Punjab, and Lahore.
The Committee directed that previous Secretary, School Education, Punjab, D.C, Sahiwal and present D.C Sahiwal should attend the next meeting of the Committee in person. The Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr. Zahid Akram Durrani, Hon. Deputy Speaker regarding allegedly disrespectful behaviour of Dr. Muhammad Ejaz, Ambassador of Pakistan in Qatar and Mr. Masood Gul, Deputy Head of Mission/Counsellor with the Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting. The Committee also directed that the refresher courses should be conducted on ethics and morality in Foreign Services Academy for the Officer of Foreign Office.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr Zahid Akram Durrani, Hon. Deputy Speaker regarding allegedly misbehaviour of Mr. Iftikhar Ali Shallwani, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Works, Govt of Pakistan, Islamabad with the Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr. Zahid Akram Durrani, Hon. Deputy Speaker regarding allegedly disrespectful behaviour and not attending the meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly scheduled to be held on 11th January, 2023 by Capt. ® Muhammad Usman Younis, Chairman, Capital Development Authority (CDA), Islamabad, the Committee disposed of the Question of Privilege.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr Zahid Akram Durrani, Hon. Deputy Speaker regarding allegedly misbehaviour of Mr. Muhammad Ayaz, Secretary, Irrigation Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar with the Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr Zahid Akram Durrani, Hon. Deputy Speaker regarding allegedly disrespectful behaviour of Prof. Dr. Khair uz Zaman, Vice Chancellor, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr. Zahid Akram Durrani, Hon. Deputy Speaker regarding not attending the telephone calls of the Hon. Member by Mr. Zubair Niazi, Deputy Commissioner, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till is next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr. Muhammad Sajjad, MNA regarding in-action of SHO, Thana City Mansehra, SP Operations Mansehra, DPO, Mansehra and I.G, KPK on his application regarding gross mutilation of property by the land mafias, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Sardar Riaz Mehmood Khan Mazari, MNA against DPO, Rajanpur, DIG, Dera Ghazi Khan, RPO, Dera Ghazi Khan, DPO, Rahim Yar Khan, RPO, Bahawalpur, Addl. I.G (South Punjab), Chief Secretary Punjab, Additional Chief Secretary, Punjab (Home Department) and I.G.P Punjab, Lahore, regarding not handling the deteriorated law and order situation in District Rajanpur and District Rahim Yar Khan, the Committee directed that from Constables to D.SPs, the repeater should not be posted in the area of Kacha particularly.
The repeaters should be discouraged. The Committee directed that Add. I.G, South Punjab, RPO, Bahawalpur, RPO D.G. Khan, SSP, Special Branch, Bahawalpur/South Punjab, SSP, Counter Terrorism Department, Bahawalpur, South Punjab, DPO, Rajanpur and D.P.O Rahim Yar Khan should attend the next meeting of the Committee in person.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Ms. Nuzhat Pathan, MNA regarding not attending the telephone calls of the Hon. Member by Agha Abdul Raheem, Ex. Director General (D.G), Sehwan Development Authority, Jamshoro, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr. Usama Qadri, MNA regarding not responding the telephone calls of the Hon. Member by Mr. Taha Saleem, Deputy Commissioner, Central Karachi and Mr. Saif Abbas, Senior Director, Land, Karachi, Municipal Corporation, the Committee disposed of the Question of Privilege.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Choudhary Faqir Ahmed, MNA regarding not-responding the telephone calls of the Hon. Member by Secretary, M/o Religious Affairs and Inter Faith Harmony and misbehaviour of Mr. Balqias, Private Secretary to the Secretary, of the aforesaid Ministry with the Hon. Member, the Committee disposed of the Question of Privilege.
On the Question of Privilege by Makhdoom Syed Sami Ul Hassan Gillani, MNA regarding the incorrect proposed Provisional Estimates of ADP-2021-22 by the XEN, Highways Bahawalpur and misbehaviour with the Hon. Member, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Makhdoom Syed Sami ul Hassan Gillani, MNA regarding alleged non-update the Hon. Member by XEN, Public Health Department, Bahawalpur regarding Provincial Fund for the year 2021-2022 and not responding to the telephone calls, the Committee expressed its displeasure for not attending the meeting by Mr. Asif Chaudhary, Secretary, Public Health Department, South Punjab, The Committee directed that the schemes of the Hon. Mover should be inaugurated under the supervision of the Hon. MNA by the Public Health Department.
The appropriation of funds should also be informed to the Hon. Mover along with the details of funds of the expenditures of all his schemes. The Committee also directed all concerned of Public Health Department should have a meeting with the Hon. Mover for resolving his issues. The Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Ms. Romina Khursheed Alam, MNA regarding alleged baseless propaganda on social, print and electronic media that a 25 person delegation attended the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conference in Canada; the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting with the direction that a Joint consultative meeting of all the stake holders should be conducted with Social Media Committee for making a comprehensive law in this regard.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Ms. Romina Khursheed Alam, MNA regarding alleged tweet of Ms. Aliya Hamza Malik, MNA mailing Regional Seminar for the Asia Pacific Parliaments on achieving the sustainable Developments held on 13th and 14th September, 2022, the Committee disposed of the Question of Privilege.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Syed Agha Rafiullah, MNA regarding supply of incorrect reply to his Question No. 6 included in the list of un-starred Questions for 20th May, 2022 regarding departmental promotions of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), the Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting.
The Committee demanded all the record of Ms. Sidra Bukhari of APP regarding not promoting her in APP and the record of the other Employee who superseded her. The Committee pended the Question of Privilege till its next meeting. The Committee also directed that APP should resolve the issues/points raised by Hon. Member of the Committee Mr. Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhary, MNA regarding the appointments of representatives of APP in small cities.
On the Discussion on the draft Bill regarding contempt of Parliament, the Committee pended the issue till its next meeting.
On the Briefing/Presentation on overall performance / functions / deliverance of the Departments of South Punjab by Additional Chief Secretary, South Punjab, Secretary, Department of Education, South Punjab, CEO, Education, Multan, Secretary, Higher Education Commission, Punjab, Lahore, Director Colleges, Multan, Commissioner, Multan, Deputy Commissioner and Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue, (ADCR), Multan, the Committee pended the issue till its next meeting with the direction that Secretary, Higher Education Department, South Punjab, Multan should conduct an inquiry on the recently appointments made in the Colleges in Distt.
Multan and Secretary, School Education Department, South Punjab, Multan should initiate an inquiry on the recently appointments of 195 seats of open merit in Distt. Multan with a report to the Committee within fifteen days along with the record of all applicants in this regard.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr. Usama Qadri, MNA regarding misbehaviour of Mr. Zahid Hussain, Joint Secretary, Maritime Affairs over telephone with the Hon. Member; (Compliance Report by all concerned), and the Committee disposed of the Question of Privilege.
On the Question of Privilege raised by Mr. Ramesh Lal, MNA regarding misbehaviour of Mr. Rehmat Ali Hashmi, President, National Bank of Pakistan with the Hon. Member over telephone, the Committee pended the Question of Privilege with the direction that Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, Presidents of Allied Bank of Pakistan, Alfalah Bank, the Heads of all other Commercial Institutions and J.S (Banks), M/o Finance should attend the next meeting of the Committee in person.
The meeting was attended by Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon, Mr. Muhammad Sajjad, Chaudhry Armghan Subhani, Mr. Azhar Qayyum Nahra, Mr. Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha, Mr. Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhary, Syed Imran Ahmed Shah, Mr. Zulfiqar Sattar Bachani, Mr. Usama Qadri, Mr. Nawab Sher, Ms. Asiya Azeem, Makhdoom Syed Sami Ul Hassan Gillani and Sardar Riaz Mahmood Khan Mazari MNAs/Members attended the meeting.
27. The meeting was also attended by Ms. Nuzhat Pathan, Chaudhry Faqir Ahmed, Ms. Romina Khursheed Alam, MNAs/Movers.
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