ISLAMABAD, August 3, 2012: The debate on the law and order in Balochistan was wrapped up in the sixth and the last sitting of Senate’s 84th session, which met for two hours and 54 minutes on Friday.  The Interior Minister spoke on the Motion for two hours and 14 minutes. Commencing 40 minutes late, the […]

ISLAMABAD, August 2, 2012: Starting 40 minutes late, the fifth sitting of Senate’s 84th session, which met for three hours and 57 minutes, debated the law and order in Balochistan for an hour and 41 minutes. PMLN and ANP Senators staged a protest against the absence of Interior Minister for ten minutes. JUIF Senators also […]

ISLAMABAD, August 1, 2012: In the 4th sitting of the Senate’s 84th session on Wednesday, the Chairman Senate formed a Special Committee to review alleged anomalies in the voters’ list. It was formed after a PPPP female Senator on a Point of Order raised the issue of irregularities in the electoral rolls released by the Election […]

ISLAMABAD, July 31, 2012: Starting an hour and 15 minutes late, the third sitting of the Senate’s 84th session, which met for two hours and 13 minutes, continued to witness low attendance. Only nine Senators were present at the outset of the sitting while 18 were there at the adjournment. Only the parliamentary leaders of […]

ISLAMABAD, July 30, 2012: Starting 30 minutes behind schedule, the second sitting of Senate, which lasted an hour and 22 minutes, witnessed a protest by the government’s coalition partner – ANP – and NP over the power outages. The sitting was also marked by low attendance of Senators. Only eight Senators were present at the […]

ISLAMABAD, July 27, 2012: Starting 30 minutes behind schedule, the first sitting of Senate’s 84th session witnessed low attendance of Senators.  Only 12 Senators were present at the outset of the sitting while 37 were there when it was adjourned. A Senator from Sindh – belonging to the PPPP – took oath during the sitting. […]

ISLAMABAD, July 13, 2012: The last sitting of Senate’s 83rd session witnessed a walkout by the JUIF, PMLN, PML, ANP, MQM and a single PPPP Senator over the attacks in Bajour agency, bomb blast in Quetta and the law and order in the country on Friday. Beginning 40 minutes late, the sitting lasted an hour […]

ISLAMABAD, July 12, 2012: The fourth sitting of Senate’s 83rd session witnessed a walkout by the opposition (JUIF) and coalition partners (PML and ANP) over the killing of nine security personnel in Lahore by terrorists. Beginning 34 minutes late, the sitting lasted two hours. Members raised 11 Points of Order which consumed 47 minutes of […]

ISLAMABAD, July 11, 2012: Amid the opposition’s protest and boycott, the Contempt of Court Bill 2012 was passed in the third sitting of the Senate’s 83rd session on Wednesday. The Leader of the House attended whole sitting while the Leader of the Opposition was present for three hours and 18 minutes. The sitting lasted four […]