ISLAMABAD, January 21, 2013: Starting 55 minutes late, the 1st sitting of the 90th session of Senate was marked by low attendance as only three senators were present at the outset and 19 were there at the adjournment of the sitting. The subject of the establishment of governor rule in Baluchistan became the basis for […]

ISLAMABAD, January 04, 2013: Starting 37 minutes late, the second sitting of the 89th session of Senate was marked by low attendance. Only five senators were present at the start and 36 at the time of adjournment. A maximum of 49 senators were present at one point of sitting, which met for two hours and […]

ISLAMABAD, January 03, 2013: Starting 45 minutes late, the first sitting of the 89th session of Senate was marked by low attendance and ministerial absence. Only eight senators were present at the start and 11 at the time of adjournment. A maximum of 39 senators were observed to be present at one point of sitting, […]

ISLAMABAD, December 21, 2012: Starting an hour and four minutes late, the 7th and the last sitting of the 88th session of Senate was marked by low attendance as only six senators were present at the outset and 21 were there at the adjournment of the sitting. The Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill was laid before […]

ISLAMABAD, December 20, 2012: Low attendance was witnessed in the 6th sitting of the ongoing 88th session of the Senate which unanimously adopted a resolution and debated an adjournment motion regarding the attacks on polio workers in various parts of the country. Eighteen senators debated the motion for two hours and 34 minutes, consuming 72% […]

ISLAMABAD, December 19, 2012: Only six Senators were observed to be present at the outset and 22 at the adjournment of the 5th sitting of the ongoing 88th session of the Senate. Starting 53 minutes late, the sitting met for two hours and 26 minutes. The Quorum was visibly lacking at various stages of the […]

ISLAMABAD, December 17, 2012: Only four Senators were observed to be present at the outset of the 4th sitting of the ongoing Senate’s session, which met for two hours and seven minutes. The sitting, which started 41 minutes late, adopted a Resolution to establish shelter houses for senior citizens. However, the house did not take […]

ISLAMABAD, December 14, 2012: Starting 51 minutes late, the 3rd sitting of the ongoing 88th session continued to witness low attendance of Senators as only eleven Senators (11% of the total membership) were present at the start, while 21 (20%) were there when the sitting was adjourned. Additionally, the parliamentary leaders of MQM, PML, PMLF, […]

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 […]