RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges expressed its displeasure on non-satisfactory reply given by the representative of Sindh Irrigation Department regarding non-availability of drinking water in Badin.

A meeting of the Committee was held on Friday at Parliament House under the chairmanship of MNA Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon.

On the question of privilege raised by former Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza in the meeting, the committee directed that the secretary Irrigation Department, Sindh, should attend the next meeting of the committee in person and brief the committee about the shortage of water in Sindh and particularly in Badin. The committee pended its discussion till its next meeting.

The committee also prayed for the departed souls of Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, ex-MNA, and his wife due to their sudden death.

On the amendment moved by Naeema Kishwar Khan in Rule 48 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007, the committee directed the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Law and Justice to further go through the amendment and report to the committee in its next meeting.

On the complaint of Shagufta Jumani and Sheikh Salahuddin, MNAs, regarding non-giving time of meeting by Chairman NADRA, the committee took suo motu notice of the matter and decided to discuss it in the next meeting of the committee.

The committee directed the secretary Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to suggest proposals for the committee for making amendments in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007 on monthly basis.

The committee also decided that in future, no such compromise would be made by the respondents and the movers outside the committee. All the decisions would be made by the committee within the presence of all the concerned during the meeting.

The committee disposed of the questions of privileges moved by Malik Abdul Ghaffar Dogar, Siraj Ahmed Khan, Amjid Ali Khan, Mian Imtiaz Ahmed and Abdul Majid Khan Khanankhail, MNAs.

On the question of privileges raised by Ghalib Khan Advocate and Muhammad Jamal Ul Din, MNAs, against Zafar Ul Islam, Political Agent South Waziristan, the committee expressed its displeasure for irresponsible attitude of Zafar Ul Islam with the members and said that this was the third question of privilege against Zafar Ul Islam. The committee unanimously decided that the chief secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) should inquire into the matter as per Efficiency and Discipline (E&D) Rules by discontinuing the MCMC training of Zafar Ul Islam in National Institute of Management (NIM), Peshawar, and report to the committee in its next meeting. However, the committee pended the agenda till its next meeting.

On the question of privilege raised by Sheikh Salahuddin, MNA, the committee directed the inspector general of police Sindh to attend the next meeting of the committee in person and submit the reply of all the questions raised by the committee members during the meeting within the presence of Sarwar Jamali, DIG (Admn), Sindh.

On the matter of medical facilities to the dependents/parents of members of the National Assembly, the committee directed the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs to work on this matter and on the points raised by Shagufta Jumami, MNA, during the meeting. The committee pended the amendment till its next meeting.

On the question of privilege raised by Sher Akbar Khan, MNA, the secretary Ministry of Energy and the concerned project director were directed to resolve the issues of the mover and report to the committee in its next meeting.

On the question of privilege raised by Ramesh Lal, MNA, the committee was not satisfied with the reply given by Zahid, MD (OGDCL), and directed him to establish a cell under the supervision of any good officer for the facilitation of the members of the Parliament. The committee pended the question of privilege till its next meeting.

The committee confirmed the minutes of its previous meeting held on 2-1-2018. However, on the request of Shagufta Jumani, MNA, the committee unanimously decided to again discuss the amendment moved by Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, MNA regarding amendment in Rules 122 and 244 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007. The compliance report on the previous recommendations of the committee was also seen by the committee.

The meeting was attended by MNAs Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, Rana Umer Nazir Khan, Azhar Qayyum Nahra, Abdul Majid Khan Khanankhail, Sheikh Muhammad Akram, Kiran Haider, Maiza Hameed, Shagufta Jumani, SA Iqbal Quadri, Muhammad Ali Rashid, Asiya Nasir and others.