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 24th February 2014

List of Business  |  Summary of Proceedings

List of Business

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

MONDAY, THE 24TH FEBRUARY, 2014.

 

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Monday, the 24th February, 2014 at 10.00 a.m.

 

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

(B)     NAAT SHAREEF.

 

II.      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

            (Culture & Tourism Department)

 

III.      CALL ATTENTION NOTICES: 

1.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 88 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KAMRAN AKHTER, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Home may please to give the answer/ statement that the spreading Talibanization, and disclosure of Hizbul Tahreer, a banned organization at Karachi University and the elements supporting to Talibanization are threat to the Public, steps taken against the above menace?

2.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 95 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. MAHTAB AKBAR SHAH RASHDI, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Information may please to give the reply / statement whether may measures are being taken in consultation with the Home Department for the security of the Journalists of Sindh, as some of them are receiving the threatening calls. 

3.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 90 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. HEER SOHO, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Planning & Development may please to give the answer/ statement that Sindh Government has decided for reconstruct Sukkur Barrage, without raising the issue in the Provincial Assembly, it is a mega project and before finalizing it, the matter should be raised in the Assembly.

4.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 101 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY DR. SEEMA ZIA, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Labour can please answer that under Article 25-A of Constitution education is the right of every child between the age of 5-18 years. What action and implementation has been done to abolish and curtail Child Labour as Domestic and Commercial Labour. 

5.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 86 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. MUHAMMAD DILAWAR QURESHI, MPA: The Honourable Minister for Local Government may please to give the answer/ statement that the citywide illegal encroachments in Hyderabad creating great difficulties for the pedestrians as well as for the traffic. Effective, strict, and immediate measures be taken to remove the encroachments permanently.

 

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

 

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION NO. 03 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. SUMETA AFZAL SYED, MPA.

 

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 11 OF 2014;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. ASHFAQUE AHMED MANGI, MPA, MR. MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN KHAN, MPA, MR. ABDUL HASEEB, MPA, MR. MUHAMMAD SALEEM RAJPUT, MPA, MS. NAHEED BEGUM, MPA and MS. SUMETA AFZAL SYED, MPA.

 

VII.     CONSIDERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT BILL NO. 06 OF 2014-THE SINDH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BILL, 2014.

  

VIII.    CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT BILL NO. 09 OF 2013-THE SINDH HEALTHCARE COMMISSION BILL, 2013.

IX.       ELECTION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND OTHER COMMITTEES AS LAID DOWN IN THE RULES.


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

 

 

KARACHI, THE                                                                     G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

21ST FEBRUARY, 2014.                                                              SECRETARY

                                                                                                             PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

 

Summary of Proceedings

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

CULTURE & TOURISM DEPARTMENT

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

MONDAY THE 24TH FEBRUARY, 2014.

 

*199. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Culture be pleased to state:-

Detail and number of cultural shows and exhibitions sponsored by the department during 2009 to 2013?

 ANSWER

SYED QAIM ALI SHAH JILLANI, (Chief Minister), Minister for Culture:

Culture Department organized & sponsored 452 programmes during the year 2009 to 2013. The detail of programs is given at Annexure, placed on the table of the House. In addition, the Culture Department participated in various shows, festival TV channels, NGOs and other organizations.

 *202. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Tourism be pleased to state:-

The list of Historical/Protected monuments in the province being maintained/looked after by the Sindh Government?

 ANSWER

SYED QAIM ALI SHAH JILLANI, (Chief Minister), Minister for Tourism:

129 Archaeological Site and Historical Monuments protected under the Antiquities Act, 1975 which were devolved to Sindh Government in consequences of 18th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2011 are being maintained/looked after by the Sindh Government. The list of the same is at Annexure, placed on the table of the House.

 

*369. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Culture be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that the material of crores for tubewell scheme to eradicate water logging from archeological sites of Mohen-jo-Daro is lying under open sky and deteriorating since many years;

(b)   If answer to (a) above be in the affirmative, the reasons thereof along with the steps taken by the government in this regard?

 ANSWER

SYED QAIM ALI SHAH JILLANI, (Chief Minister), Minister for Culture:

(a)&(b)No, it is not correct. The Tube-Well Scheme of Mohenjo-Daro was abandoned in 1997; the scrape of the scheme was auctioned by the Culture Department in 2012 in accordance with the decision of Executive Board, National Fund\for Mohenjo-Daro. At present there is no such material lying at the site.

 

*389. MS. NAHEED BEGUM: Will the Minister for Culture be pleased to state:-

(a)   Is it a fact that curve has come to the Minaret of Masoom Shah during last many years and as it is situated at thickly populated area so there is probability of falling of the same which may cause human and financial loss;

(b)   If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the steps taken to secure the same as it is a cultural heritage?

 ANSWER

SYED QAIM ALI SHAH JILLANI, (Chief Minister), Minister for Culture:

(a)      It is not correct that the curve has come to Minaret of Mir Masoom Shah. The same tilt was pointed out by historians might have been caused due to flaw in the construction or earthquake which jolted Sindh in 1828.

(b)      Although, Minaret of Mir Masoom Shah is a Protected Monument under the Antiquities Act, 1975, it is under the administrative control of Auqaf Department, the maintenance also lies with said Department. The Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Department is ready to provide technical Assistance for its conservation, protection and preservation if desired by it.

 

Karachi:-                                                    G. M. Umar Farooq

the 21st February, 2014.                                     Secretary

                                                              Provincial Assembly of Sindh.