ISLAMABAD, April 18, 2013: Starting 35 minutes late, the third sitting of the 92nd session of Senate witnessed low attendance of the senators. Only four senators were present at the outset while 13 were observed at the time of adjournment. The house discussed the excessive load shedding of electricity as the issue was raised by […]

Points of Order Consume 70% of Sitting Time ISLAMABAD, April 16, 2013: Starting 41 minutes late, the second sitting of the ongoing 92nd session of Senate was marked by low attendance of Senators, ministerial absence and Points of Order interrupting the regular proceedings of the Upper House, says Free and Fair Election Network in its […]

ISLAMABAD, April 15, 2013: Starting 40 minutes late, the first sitting of the 92nd session of Senate witnessed the introduction of the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill 2013, which seeks changes in the clauses of the article 63.  The Bill was taken up and sent to the Standing Committee on Law and Justice for further deliberations. This […]

ISLAMABAD, March 14, 2013: The 17th and the last sitting of the 91st session of Senate, which met for two hours and five minutes on Thursday, was marked by low attendance and lack of quorum. The House passed the Anti-terrorism (Second Amendment) Bill 2013. Only five senators were present at the outset, 12 at the […]

ISLAMABAD, March 13, 2013: The Senate, which met for an hour and 32 minutes in the 16th sitting of the 91st session, passed the National Counter Terrorism Authority Bill 2013 and the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2013. Both are already passed by the National Assembly. The House also discussed the matter regarding names of superior […]

ISLAMABAD, March 12, 2013: Starting 69 minutes late, the 15th sitting of the ongoing Senate’s 91st session was marked by low attendance of Senators as only one senator was present at the outset while 13 were there at the time of adjournment. The Upper House passed the Federal Ombudsmen Institutional Reforms Bill 2013 and the […]

ISLAMABAD, March 11, 2013: The Senate, which met for three hours and seven minutes in the 14th sitting of the 91st session on Monday, suspended its regular agenda to debate the incidentof Badami Bagh in Lahore. Tweleve members deliberated upon the issue for an hour and 58 minutes. The MQM members staged a token walkout […]

ISLAMABAD, March 08, 2013: The Shaheed Zulifqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (PIMS) Islamabad Bill 2013 was passed in the 13th sitting of 91st session of Senate, which met for four hours and 19 minutes on Friday. The sitting was marked by low attendance. A maximum of 32 senators were present at one point of sitting […]

ISLAMABAD, March 07, 2013: The Senate, which met for an hour and eight minutes in the 12th sitting of the 91st session, was marked by low attendance as only nine members were present at the outset and 16 at the time of adjournment. The Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics, Planning and Development […]

ISLAMABAD, March 06, 2013: The Senate, which met for three hours and 48 minutes in the 11th sitting of 91st session, passed the 24th Constitutional Amendment Bill for the creation of Bahawalpur Janoobi Punjab Province. The main opposition party – PMLN – along with NP staged a walkout over passage of the bill. Additionally, the House […]