In pursuance of Article 107 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Provincial Assembly of Sindh shall stand dissolved on the expiration of its term of five years on the 28th May, 2018.
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Sitting on 8th March 2018

List of Business  |  Summary of Proceedings

List of Business

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

THURSDAY, THE 08TH MARCH, 2018

 

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Thursday, the 08th March, 2018 at 10.00 a.m.

 

I.        (A)     RECITATION FROM THE HOLY QUR’AN.

(B)     NAAT SHAREEF.

 

II.      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

          (Food and Services, General Administration & Co-ordination Departments)

 

III.     CALL ATTENTION NOTICES:

1.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 23 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY DR. SEEMA ZIA, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Home, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that many young boys have lost their lives due to Motorbike racing on main Shahrah-e-Faisal at late hours of the day. Why Government has not stopped this fatal game?


2.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 26 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. RANA ANSAR, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Archives, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that what steps have been taken by Sindh Government to repair 1000 feet long wall of Rani Kot Fort that is in deplorable condition due to the negligence of concerned authorities?


3.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 28 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY SYED MUHAMMAD QAMAR ABBAS RIZVI, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that in how much quantity of drinking water is being released to Water Tankers from Water Hydrant per day situated at Safoora Goth University Road (Opposite Karachi Race Course)?


4.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 29 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY ENGINEER SABIR HUSSAIN KAIMKHANI, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that rising main line of Tulsi Das Pumping Station (Sewerage) located at Naya Pull Hyderabad has been leaked, if so steps taken by the Government in this regard?


5.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 27 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that regarding unavailability of water/sewerage issues in Block-2 Clifton. What are the reasons of failure even after several complaints given to KW&SB?


6.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 34 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. RANA ANSAR, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that what precautions have been taken to protect date palm trees newly planted in University Road and others in Karachi?

 

7.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 32 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY SYED NADEEM RAZI, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that the employees and pensioners of the KW&SB still deprive their salaries and pension. What steps taken by the Department in this regard?


8.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 35 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY SYED MUHAMMAD QAMAR ABBAS RIZVI, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Education & Literacy, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that the Government Boys Secondary School Jahangir Road No. 1 (Patel Para) was previously a technical School, What action taken by the Government for its restoration?


9.   CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 33 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. SHEERAZ WAHEED, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that there is a number of clinics of Quack (Attai) Doctors / L H V running Under the patronage of a person namely Javed Qureshi who expresses himself an officer of Health Department. What steps have been taken by the Government in this regard?


10.CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 31 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. DEWAN CHAND CHAWLA, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Minorities Affairs, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that Government had committed to install CCTV cameras in Hindu temples. What is the status of this project?

 

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

 

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION, IF ANY.

 

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 09 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN, MPA REGARDING HIGH FEE STRUCTURE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

 

VII.    CONSIDERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT BILL NO. 09 OF 2018-THE SINDH UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018, CLAUSE BY CLAUSE.

 

VIII.  PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON HIGHER, TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, SCHOOL EDUCATION (UPTO MATRICULATION) AND  SPECIAL EDUCATION ON GOVERNMENT BILL NO. 03 OF 2018-THE UNIVERSITY OF MODERN SCIENCES, TANDO MUHAMMAD KHAN BILL, 2017.

 

IX.     ANY OTHER BUSINESS WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR.

 

 

KARACHI, THE                                                        G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

07TH MARCH, 2018                                                         SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

 

Summary of Proceedings

Provincial Assembly of Sindh in its sitting held on Thursday, the 08th March, 2018 has unanimously passed the following Resolution moved by Ms. Saira Shahliani, MPA, Ms. Nusrat Sultana, MPA, Mr. Nand Kumar, MPA, Ms. Bilquees Mukhtar, MPA, Ms. Rana Ansar, MPA, Mr. Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Minister for Food and Parliamentary Affairs, Sindh, Khawaja Izhar Ul Hassan, MPA/ Leader of Opposition, Provincial Assembly of Sindh, Ms. Ghazala Sial, MPA, Mrs. Farhat Seemi, MPA, Ms. Rehana Leghari, MPA, Dr. Sajeela Leghari, MPA, Ms. Irum Azeem Farooque, MPA, Ms. Sorath, MPA, Mr. Khurram Sher Zaman, MPA, Ms. Mahtab Akbar Shah Rashdi, MPA, Syed Sardar Ahmed, MPA, Mr. Shafi Muhammad Jamote, MPA, Dr. Muhammad Rafique Banbhan, MPA and Dr. Seema Zia, MPA:-

 

RESOLUTION MOVED BY MS. SAIRA SHAHLIANI, MPA

“On the eve of International Women’s Day, this House pays tribute to Ms. Theresa Malkiel, Aira Salazar, Luise Zietz, Clara Zetkin, who floated the idea as a strategy to promote equal rights, right to vote, to hold public office and to an end to gender discrimination. In addition to this, how can we forget the role played by Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, Begum Rana Liaqat Ali Khan, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Sahiba and Asma Jahangir for the people of Pakistan in general and Women in particular.

Now, it is our responsibility to get united and “PRESS FOR PROGRESS” which is the global slogan of the year 2018”.”.

 

RESOLUTION MOVED BY MS. NUSRAT SULTANA, MPA

“This House Commemorates 08th March as International Women Day and pays tribute to Women who worked for prosperity and Development of the Country particularly Shaheed Mohatarma Benazir Bhutto and Begum Nusrat Bhutto Sahiba.”.

 

 

RESOLUTION MOVED BY MR. NAND KUMAR, MPA

“This House vows to ensure social, legal and political rights of women on International Women Day and demands of Sindh Government to make efforts to uplift the cause of women abide by the Country’s law and Constitution.”.

 

RESOLUTION MOVED BY MS. BILQUEES MUKHTAR, MPA AND MS. RANA ANSAR, MPA

 

آج خواتین کے عالمی دن کے موقع پر یہ ایوان تمام خواتین بالخصوص مادرِملت محترمہ فاطمہ جناح، بیگم رعنا لیاقت علی خان، عابدی بیگم (بی اماں)، محترمہ نصرت ہارون، محترمہ اصغری ہدایت اللٰہ، بیگم جہاں آرا شاہنواز، محترمہ شہید بینظیر بھٹو صاحبہ، محترمہ فاطمہ ثریا بجیا، محترمہ نگار احمد صاحبہ سمیت مملکت خداداد پاکستان میں موجود تمام خواتین کو انکی عظیم خدمات پر خراجِ تحسین پیش کرتا ہے۔

ہم اراکین سندھ اسمبلی اس بات کا عزم کرتے ہیں کہ تمام شعبہ ہائے زندگی میں خواتین کے ساتھ ہونے والی ہر قسم کی تفریق کی حوصلہ شکنی کرینگے اور ان کو سماجی، سیاسی اور معاشی طور پر بااختیار اور باوقار بنانے کے لئے عملی جدوجہد جاری رکھیں گے۔


PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

    FOOD AND SERVICES, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION & COORDINATION
                                                                                         DEPARTMENTS

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

THURSDAY THE 08TH MARCH, 2018

 

SHORT NOTICE QUESTION GIVEN BY MR. KAMRAN AKHTAR, MPA

 159.   Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-

Is it a fact that there is shortage of godowns to store wheat in the province resulting tons of wheat is expiring, if so, steps taken by the government to open new godowns in the province to meet the shortage?

 *2678. MR. MUHAMMAD MOIN AAMIR PIRZADA: Will the Minister for SGA&CD be pleased to state:-

Number of posts filled in SGA&CD department on urban quota during 01-01-2008 to 15-03-2013 along with name, post, BPS and domicile of each employee?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for SGA&CD:

The requisite information is as under:-

No. of posts filled in

Name of posts

For details about names/domicile of appointees, the name of appointees alongwith their domicile

53

Assistant (BS-14)

Annexure-I, placed on the Table of the House

207

Jr. Clerk cum Typist (BS-07)

Annexure-II, placed on the Table of the House

55

Drivers (BS-01)

Annexure-III, placed on the Table of the House

17

Dispatch Rider (BS-04)

Annexure-IV, placed on the Table of the House

03

Bearer (BS-06)

Annexure-V, placed on the Table of the House

04

Cook (BS-05)

Annexure-VI, placed on the Table of the House

330

Naib Qasid (BS-01)

Annexure-VII, placed on the Table of the House

02

Mali (BS-01)

Annexure-VIII, placed on the Table of the House

48

Sweeper (BS-01)

Annexure-IX, placed on the Table of the House

 *3028. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for SGA&CD be pleased to state:-

Names of secretaries posted and transferred in Sindh Government departments during 01-07-2013 to 20-10-2013?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for SGA&CD:

The names of Secretaries posted and transferred in Sindh Government Departments during 01-07-2013 to 20-10-2013 are submitted at Annexure, placed on the Table of the House

 *4877. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for SGA&CD be pleased to state:-

Number of companies participated in biding and bids offered for Master plan of Zulfiqarabad project including name of successful bidder and details thereof?

 ANSWER

SYED MURAD ALI SHAH (Chief Minister), Minister for SGA&CD:

In response to our advertisement for “Expression of Interest (EoI) for pre-qualification of the Consultants for ZDA” published in daily newspapers on April 01,2012, eight (08) Consulting Firms had participated in the bidding process out of which six (06) Firms were selected as per SPPRA Rules 2010.

Ultimately after due process, M/s Umer Munshi Associates (UMA) qualified for award of contract.

The details/TORs of the Contract Agreement were as under:-

                   i.        Design review and supervision of expressway and bridge over river Indus at Dhardhari (Category-1).

                 ii.        Other consultancy assignments under General Consultancy for ZDA projects including Master Planning of ZDA (Category-2).

Later on the matter became sub-judice in the Hon. High Court of Sindh Karachi and the Status-quo order was issued on 18-09-2013.

The Status-quo order has been removed by the Hon. High Court of Sindh Karachi on 18-05-2016, however, the case is still under sub-judice.

 *5288. MS. KHAIRUNNISA MUGHAL: Will the Minister for Food be pleased to state:-

    (a)      Whether there is any criteria for fixing the quota of flour mills in the province;

    (b)      If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the details thereof?

 ANSWER

MR. NISAR AHMED KHUHRO, Senior Minister for Food:

    (a)      The criteria for fixing of wheat quota has been adopted in the province is body formula. The details of body formula is given below:

DETAILS OF BODY FORMULA

Total number of bodies in a mill

Number of roller bodies considered for release of wheat quota to the mill

8 and above

6

7

5

6

4

5

3

4

2

3

2

2

1

 No flour mill is released wheat for more than six roller bodies but not more than its rated monthly capacity.

The electricity consumption units in the past month also taken into account for releasing wheat quota.

However, due to abundant availability of wheat stock the flour mills are being released wheat according to “Liberal Policy” under which all the functioning flour mills can get wheat from Food Department as per their requirement.

    (b)      Does not arise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karachi:-                                       G. M. Umar Farooq

the 07th March, 2018                             Secretary

                                               Provincial Assembly of Sindh.