Sitting on 23rd April 2024

Session No.

8

Summoned by

Governor of the Punjab

Sitting No.

2

Day and Date of sitting

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Scheduled time

11:00 am

Commenced at

04:58 pm

Adjourned at

07:58 pm

Total working time

3 Hours 00 Minutes

Presided by

Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, Speaker

Attendance

236

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

Questions relating to Industries, Commerce and Investment, Sports and Transport departments were asked and Mr Faisal Ayub, Minister for Sports, Chaudhry Shafay Hussain, Minister for Industries, Commerce and Investment and Bilal Akbar Khan, Minister for Transport, answered the questions.

Notices by Mr Ahmar Rashid, Mr Waqas Mahmood Mann, Mr Mushtaq Ahmed and Mr Ahmed Khan were disposed of due to absence of movers.

Ch Amer Habib, Secretary General, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, read out leave applications of these Members: Sardar Alhaj Ghulam Ahmad Khan Gadi (PP-125), Mr Fida Hussain (PP-237), Mr Shahbaz Ali Khokhar (PP-162), Mr Khan Bahadur (PP-100), Ms Uzma Kardar (W-322), Ch Ijaz Ahmad (PP-34), Mr Muhammad Ilyas (PP-95), Mr Aftab Ahmed Khan (PP-108), Mr Asif Malik (PP-82), Mr Akhtar Abbas Bosal (PP-43), Mr Mushtaq Ahmed (PP-26) and Ms Mehwish Sultana (W-309).

The House approved the leave applications.

1)       

Motion # 3/24 moved on 08-03-2024 by Mr Asad Abbas.

Disposed of. Answered by Minister for Local Government

2)       

Motion # 9/24 moved by Mr Muhammad Iqbal.

Pended as Mover was not present.

3)       

Motion # 13/24 moved by Mr Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi.

Pended as Mover was not present.

4)       

Motion # 15/24 moved by Mr Amjad Ali Javed.

Pended for reply by the concerned Minister

5)       

Motion # 16/24 moved by Mr Shuaib Ameer.

Pended as Mover was not present.

6)       

Motion moved on 01-04-2024 by Mr Amjad Ali Javed.

Pended for reply by the concerned Minister

7)       

Motion by Mr Ahmad Khan.

Pended as Mover was not present.

8)       

Motion # 86/24 moved by Mr Muhammad Ilyas.

Pended as Mover was not present.

9)       

Mr Amjad Ali Javed moved his Motion that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced the end of the two-year degree program since 2018, deeming degrees issued after 2018 illegal. This decision has impacted millions of students, who have earned degrees through formal admissions process and fees.

Concerned department to send reply in the House.

10)   

Motion by Ms Raheela Khadim Hussain

Disposed of. Mover was not present.

GRANT OF LEAVE FOR SPUPESION OF RULES

Mr Mujtaba Shuja Ur Rehman, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, moved a motion for suspension of relevant rules for taking up Government Business on Private Members’ Day. The motion was adopted by the House.

Mr Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs laid before the House the following audit reports, which were referred to the concerned Public Accounts Committees with the directions to examine and report within one year:

1.      Audit Report on the Accounts of Public Sector Enterprises, Government of the Punjab, for the Audit Year 2021-22.

2.      Audit report on the accounts of Provincial Zakat Fund and District Zakat Committees Punjab, for the Audit Year 2020-21.

3.      Audit report on the Accounts of Climate Change, Environment and Disaster Management Organizations (Punjab), for the Audit Year 2020-21.

4.      Audit report on the Accounts of Climate Change, Environment and Disaster Management Organizations, Government of Punjab, for the Audit Year 2021-22.

5.      Appropriation Accounts, Government of the Punjab for the Audit Year 2018-19.

6.      Performance Audit Report of Khadim-E-Punjab Imdadi Package, for the Audit Year 2018-19.

7.      Audit report on the Accounts of Waste Management Companies Gujranwala, Lahore, Rawalpindi & Sialkot and Cattle Market Management Companies Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi & Sargodha for the Audit Year 2019-20.

8.      Performance Audit Report on Integrated Reproductive Maternal Newborn & Child Health Program, District Lahore, Kasur, Okara, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Narowal & Sialkot for the Audit Year 2019-20.

9.      Performance Audit Report on Service Delivery of Cattle Market Management Company Rawalpindi Division, for the Audit Year 2020-21.

10.  Performance Audit Report on Punjab Emergency Services (Rescue 1122), for the Audit Year 2018-19.

Mr Muhammad Bilal Yamin moved a resolution, after suspension of Rules, that the Local Government Act mandates a mandatory population of 25,000 people for union councils in Punjab. However, due to significant population disparities in plains and hilly areas, the House recommends that the relevant law be amended to limit the Murree district council population to 6,000 instead of the current 25,000, and implementing the establishment of a Murree District Council. The resolution was pended to move it again with amendment to include other small population areas along with Murree.

Mr Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman, Minister for Finance initiated pre-budget discussion and stated that they have shared a proforma with members for sharing their proposals for inclusion in the next budget. Mr Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Mr Muhammad Abdullah Warraich, Mr Muhammad Moeen Ud Din Riaz, Mr Muhammad Awais, Mr Imtiaz Mehmood, Rana Muhammad Saleem and Mr Shahab Ud Din Khan participated in the discussion.

The House was adjourned to meet on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 11:00 am.