ISLAMABAD, May 2, 2012: The Upper House’s second sitting of the 81st session witnessed two walkouts on Wednesday. PMLN Senators again walked out of the House after attending the proceedings for 15 minutes on the issue of Supreme Court’s verdict in the contempt case against the Prime Minister. They did not come back to the House. […]

ISLAMABAD, April 30, 2012: The first sitting of Senate’s 81st session witnessed a walkout by PMLN Senators on the issue of Supreme Court’s verdict in the contempt case against the Prime Minister. Beginning 63 minutes late, the sitting lasted two hours and 31 minutes. Four Private Members’ Bills appearing on the Agenda were introduced and […]

ISLAMABAD, March 12, 2012: The 80th session of Senate’s lasting seven hours and 17 minutes unanimously elected the new Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Upper House. Fifty-four new Senators took oath. Starting an hour and eight minutes late, the sitting witnessed relatively better attendance of Senators than the previous sittings with 70 present at […]

ISLAMABAD, March 9: The fourth sitting of Senate’s 79th session lasting two hours and 11 minutes passed the National Commission for Human Rights Bill 2012 and also adopted a resolution condemning suicide attacks on political meetings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Commencing 34 minutes late, the Upper House witnessed low attendance of Senators with 12 present at […]

ISLAMABAD, March 8: The third sitting of Senate’s 79th session lasting three hours and 18 minutes on Thursday unanimously passed two bills – the Delimitation of Constituencies Amendment Bill 2011 and the Special Economic Zones Bill 2011. Starting 52 minutes late, the Upper House witnessed low attendance of Senators. Only 26 were present when the […]

ISLAMABAD, March 7: The second sitting of Senate’s 79th session lasting two hours and five minutes on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution expressing deep concern over the issue of missing persons. The Upper House also passed the Industrial Relations Bill 2012. Commencing 45 minutes late, the Senate witnessed low attendance with 26 Senators present at […]

ISLAMABAD, March 6, 2012: The first sitting of Senate’s 79th session lasted three hours and 30 minutes adopted a Resolution condemning the incident of Quran burning by US troops in Afghanistan. Beginning 50 minutes late, the Upper House witnessed low attendance of Senators with 18 present at the outset of the sitting while 38 at […]

ISLAMABAD, February 20, 2012:  The Senate passed the Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Bill 2012 and the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill 2012 during the second sitting of the ongoing session. The upper House of the Parliament met for three hours and 48 minutes with relatively better attendance of Senators with 22 present at the outset […]

Low Attendance Observed ISLAMABAD, February 17, 2012:  The Senate did not take up the Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Bill, 2012 during its first sitting of the 78th session on Friday. The sitting met for an hour and 41 minutes with low attendance of Senators. Only eight were present at the outset of the sitting while 32 […]

ISLAMABAD, February 10, 2012:  The Senate passed the Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Bill, 2012 during its last sitting of the 77th session. Witnessing low attendance, the sitting lasted an hour and 40 minutes. Only 11 Senators were present at the onset and 17 at the end of the sitting. Eight out of 13 questions listed for […]