ISLAMABAD, December 13, 2012: Starting 30 minutes behind the schedule, the second sitting of the 88th session continued to witness low attendance of Senators. Only five Senators were present at the outset and 26 were there when the sitting was adjourned. Parliamentary leaders of MQM, BNPA, NP and PMLF did not attend the sitting. The […]

ISLAMABAD, December 12, 2012: Starting 35 minutes late, the first sitting of Senate’s 88th session was marked by low attendance of Senators. Only six legislators were present when the sitting started whereas 15 were there at the time of adjournment. The only agenda item on the orders of the day – the Trade Organizations Bill […]

ISLAMABAD, November 22, 2012: Starting 45 minutes late, the tenth and the last sitting of 87th session on Thursday deferred the Constitution (Twenty-Second Amendment) Bill 2012 and the Constitution (Twenty-Third Amendment) Bill, 2012. The sitting witnessed low attendance of Senators. Only 12 were present at the outset while 48 were there at the adjournment. The […]

ISLAMABAD, November 20, 2012: Starting 32 minutes late, the ninth sitting of 87th session on Monday witnessed low attendance of Senators. Only four were present at the outset while 28 were there at the adjournment. The sitting witnessed a five-minute token protest by a PPPP Member over not getting the permission to speak regarding the […]

ISLAMABAD, November 20, 2012: Starting 32 minutes late, the ninth sitting of 87th session on Monday witnessed low attendance of Senators. Only four were present at the outset while 28 were there at the adjournment. The sitting witnessed a five-minute token protest by a PPPP Member over not getting the permission to speak regarding the […]

ISLAMABAD, November 19, 2012: Starting 50 minutes late, the eighth sitting of 87th session on Monday witnessed low attendance of Senators. Only 11 were present at the outset while 18 were there at the adjournment. The Upper House adopted two resolutions – offering condolences over the killing of Dunya TV correspondent in Panjor, and deweaponizing […]

ISLAMABAD, November 16, 2012: Starting 35 minutes behind the schedule the seventh sitting of 87th session passed the Airports Security Force (Amendment) Bill 2012 on Friday. However the House continued to witness low attendance of Senators. Only four Senators were present at the outset and 25 were there when the sitting was adjourned. The deputy […]

ISLAMABAD, November 15, 2012: The sixth sitting of the ongoing Senate’s session, which met for two hours and 13 minutes, was marked by a protest by PMLN and ANP Senators over the raid by Frontier Corps on Talal Bugti’s house in Balochistan. Starting 42 minutes late, the sitting also continued to witness low attendance of […]

ISLAMABAD, November 14, 2012: Starting 50 minutes late, the fifth sitting of 87th session on Wednesday witnessed low attendance of Senators. Only 11 were present at the outset while 22 were there at the adjournment. The sitting was marked by a six-minute walkout by Senators of ANP, PMLN and NP over the incidents of violence […]