Sitting on 29th June 2021

Summary of Proceedings

Summary of the Proceedings
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Started at 03:45 p.m.

with a recitation from the Holy Qur’an and its Urdu translation followed by Naat-e-Rasool-e-Maqbool ﷺ.

In Chair     Mr. Parvez Elahi, Speaker

Question Hour

Questions relating to Labour & Human Resource Department were asked and answered by Mr Ansar Majeed Khan Niazi, the concerned Minister.

Zero Hour

Two Zero Hour Notices were taken up. The Notice moved by Ms Mehwish Sultana regarding setting up Blood Banks in THQs Hospitals across Province including Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Choua Saiden Shah. Moreover, Medical Dispensaries should be established in Kusk, Sadhandi, Dhok Bhoosay and Tehsil Choua Saiden Shah, was disposed of after replied by the concerned Minister. The second Notice moved by Ms Khadija Umer that due to negligence of Administration Thallium Testing Machine of Ch Parvez Elahi Institute of Cardiology, Multan was out of order for the last 3 months because its Gamma Camera was not working, was kept pending.

Private Members’ Day

BILLS

Mr Sajid Ahmad Khan and Syed Usman Mehmood moved the following Bills, as recommended by the Special Committee No.9, to be taken into consideration at once, which were unanimously passed by the House:

1.   The Punjab Holy Quran (Printing and Recording) (Amendment) Bill 2021

2.   The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill 2021

Resolutions in the Public Interest

Resolutions kept pending on June 22, 2021

1.         The Resolution of Sheikh Alla-ud-Din that profit rate for Resident and Non-Resident Pakistanis was different. Non-Residents were receiving profit @ 7% on foreign currency and 11% on local currency; while Residents were receiving profit @ 1% on foreign currency and 3 to 4 % on Pakistani currency, which had also tax deduction @ 35% and demanded the Federal Government to immediately equalize the profit rate, was kept pending as the concerned Minister was not present.

2.         The resolution of Mr Muhammad Tahir Pervaiz that due to heavy traffic increasing day by day on all broad and narrow roads in the Provincial Capital, the rate of accidents was increasing and the major reason was non-construction of service roads along these roads. The mover recommended that the Provincial Government should construct service roads along with all narrow and broad roads and ensure that service roads would be constructed in all upcoming projects so that cyclists and pedestrians could  have easy movement, was disposed of.

3.         The resolution of Ch Iftikhar Hussain Chhachhar that in Basirpur District Okara at the site of out fall Sutlej River, where thousands of people come, a Forest Recreation Park should be set up on government land to promote tourism, was disposed of.

The House was then adjourned at 04:50 p.m. to meet on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.

Resolutions Passed

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