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 […]

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 […]