ISLAMABAD, July 10, 2012: The Constitution (Twenty-Second Amendment) Bill 2012 on dual nationality was introduced and sent to the respective Standing Committee for further deliberations in the second sitting of Senate’s 83rd session on Tuesday. The sitting lasted two hours and 11 minutes. ANP Senators staged a two-minute walkout over the introduction of the bill, […]

ISLAMABAD, July 9, 2012: The first sitting of Senate’s 83rd session witnessed a walkout by the opposition (JUIF, PMLN and NP) and coalition partners (PML and ANP) over the water issue in Gwader. The walkout lasted 20 minutes. Beginning 43 minutes late, the sitting lasted two hours and 33 minutes. A Private Member’s Bill – […]

ISLAMABAD, June 12, 2012: Starting an hour late, the last sitting of Senate’s 82nd session, which met for an hour and 28 minutes, took up 145 suggestions on budget on Tuesday. Two Senators spoke on the Annual Budget Statement – one each from JUIF and PML – for 50 minutes (57% of sitting time). The […]

 ISLAMABAD, June 11, 2012: Starting 45 minutes late, the seventh sitting of Senate’s 82nd session, which met for an hour and 51 minutes, debated budget amid Senators’ low attendance on Monday. With only eight legislators present at the start and 16 when the sitting was adjourned, a maximum of 32 Senators were observed at any […]

ISLAMABAD, June 8, 2012: Senators on Friday showed less interest in debating the budget during the sixth sitting of the Upper House’s 82nd session on Friday. Starting 44 minutes late, the sitting met for an hour and 22 minutes, only two Senators spoke on the Annual Budget Statement. Moreover, only 15 legislators were present at […]

ISLAMABAD, June 7, 2012: Starting 50 minutes late, the fifth sitting of Senate’s 82nd session, which met for two hours and 10 minutes, debated budget amid low attendance by Senators on Thursday. With only 12 legislators present at the start and 36 when the sitting was adjourned, a maximum of 49 (less than half) Senators […]

ISLAMABAD, June 6, 2012: Starting 45 minutes late, the fourth sitting of the Senate’s 82nd session, which met for an hour and 27 minutes, witnessed low attendance and a protest by PMLN. Only eight legislators present at the start and 26 when the sitting was adjourned. A maximum of 42 Senators were observed at any […]

ISLAMABAD, June 5, 2012: Starting an hour and seven minutes late, the third sitting of Senate’s 82nd session, which met for an hour and 51 minutes, debated budget amid low attendance by Senators on Tuesday. With only nine legislators present at the start and 26 when the sitting was adjourned, a maximum of 42 Senators […]

ISLAMABAD, June 4, 2012: Starting 45 minutes late, the second sitting of Senate’s 82nd session, which met for three hours and eight minutes, witnessed low attendance by Senators on Monday. With 16 legislators present at the start and 24 when the sitting was adjourned, a maximum of 46 Senators were observed at any time of […]