ISLAMABAD, September 7, 2012: Starting 45 minutes late, the fifth sitting of the 85th session on Friday witnessed a walkout by Senators of a government ally – ANP – over issuance of the local government ordinance for Sindh. The interior Minister spoke on the Rimsha Masih case for 45 minutes. Ten Senators – three ANP, […]

ISLAMABAD, September 6, 2012:  The fourth sitting of the 85th session of Senate lasted two hours and 56 minutes on Thursday witnessed low attendance of Senators. Only six were present when the proceedings began while 13 were there at the adjournment of the sitting. Two Members – one each of the PMLN and MQM – […]

ISLAMABAD, September 5, 2012: Starting 40 minutes behind schedule, the third sitting of Senate’s 85th session witnessed a 25-minute protest by the ANP, JUIF, PML and MQM Senators. They expressed their reservations over the responses received during the question hour. The relevant minister – communication and information technology – did not attend the sitting. More […]

ISLAMABAD, September 4, 2012: Starting 30 minutes behind schedule, the second sitting of Senate’s 85th session witnessed walkouts by the opposition and a coalition partner of the government over increase in the prices of petroleum products. The sitting was marked low attendance as only 11 Senators were present at the outset of the sitting while […]

ISLAMABAD, September 3, 2012: Starting 40 minutes behind schedule, the first sitting of Senate’s 85th session witnessed low attendance of Senators.  Only 13 Senators were present at the outset of the sitting while 21 were there when it was adjourned. A Standing Committee report on a Privilege Motion about leveling baseless allegations on an ANP […]

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 […]