ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani Tuesday did not admit three adjournment motions and asked their respective movers to use other parliamentary interventions to highlight the issues.
Senator Maulana Hafiz Hamdullah moved an adjournment motion to discuss various mental and physical issues being faced by the children under fourteen years of age in Pakistan which are 35.5pc of total population as per recent census.
Moreover, he said that as per the National Management Information System, which is a subsidiary of the Ministry of Education, 22.6pc children are out of schools.
The chairman asked the mover to submit motion under Rule 218 to discuss the subject.
Another rejected motion was moved by Senator Col. (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi to discuss the inadequate supply of natural gas to the domestic users of Islamabad.
Another joint adjournment motion sponsored by senators Mohammad Azam Khan Swati, Syed Shibli Faraz, Nauman Wazir Khattak and Mohsin Aziz was not admitted by the chair. It demanded to discuss the issue of FATA reforms and its merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The chairman said a bill on the identical subject was part of the agenda and the issue might be discussed during the legislation.
Meanwhile, Chairman Standing Committee on Law and Justice Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi presented the report of the Committee o the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill, 2017. Similarly, Chairman of Committee on Delegated Legislation Taj Haider presented seventh quarterly report of the committee as required under sub-rule (3) of rule 172E of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Senate, 2012.
Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman introduced the National Skills University Islamabad Bill, 2017 which was aimed at upgrading the status of National Institute of Science and Technical Education, Islamabad into National Skills University.
The bill had been already passed by the National Assembly and was forwarded to relevant Standing Committee for further deliberations.
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