ISLAMABAD: 3rd meeting of the National Assembly’s non Ministerial Standing Committee on “Rules of Procedure and Privileges” was held today, April 1st 2019 at 02:00 pm in Committee Room No.07 of the Parliament House, Islamabad under the Chairmanship of Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon, MNA.
The meeting was attended by Ms. Ghulam Bibi, Mr. Nawab Sher, Mr. Khurram Shahzad, Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan Dullah, Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal, Mian Muhammad Shafiq, Mr. Muhammad Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa, Mr. Ali Nawaz Shah, Mr. Muhammad Sajjad, Chaudhry Armghan Subhani, Mr. Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, Syed Imran Ahmad Shah, Pir Syed Fazal Ali Shah Jillani, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Ms. Shagufta Jumani and Mr. Ali Wazir MNAs, including concerned officers of the agenda items.
The Committee unanimously decided to defer the amendment moved by Mr. Ali Muhammad Khan, MNA/Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, in Rule 69 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007 because the Honourable Minister for Parliamentary Affairs was not present in the meeting. This amendment was related to the Prime Minister’s Question Hour on the first Wednesday once in each session on matters related to overall substantive policy or performance of the Government.
MNA Mr. Faheem Khan’s question of privilege was regarding alleged misbehavior and derogatory remarks of Mr. Maqsood Raza, SHO and Mr. Imdad Khawaja (Investigation Officer, Police Station Defence, Karachi) with the honourable Member (referred on 30-01-2019) and which was kept pending till today and the report was required. In compliance of the directions of the Committee, three officers including Mr. Saeed, ASI, Mr. Imdad Ali Khwaja, SIO and Mr. Maqsood Raza, S.H.O of the case were suspended and issued show cause notices and the report was submitted in this meeting. The question of privilege was settled after the action taken by the Sindh Police. The Mover of the agenda item No. IV attended the meeting.
MNA Mr. Abid Raza’s question of Privilege was regarding the implication of the Honourable Member in a false politically motivated case in Kakarali Police Station, Gujrat by registering a fabricated FIR against him, and alleged attempt by Mian Tahir Bashir, SP, Headquarters and Mian Muhammad Arshad, DSP along with police force to forcibly occupy his property (referred on 30-01-2019). The Committee required its report for today but due to non-presence of the Mover of the Question of Privilege, the Committee recommended that the agenda item may be deferred till the next meeting.
Lastly, the agenda item of the Committee was MNA Mr. Ali Nawaz Shah’s question of Privilege which was regarding non-attending of telephone calls of the Honourable Member by the Secretaries, Revenue, Local Government, Education, Health and Agriculture and General Manager, SSGCL, Karachi and harassment of the Hon. Member and his voters by the Deputy Commissioner (Mr. Mehdi Shah), Mirpurkhas and Superintendent of Police (Mr. Abid Baloch), Mirpurkhas (referred on 13-02-2019) was discussed and settled the issue/question of privilege relating to the Secretaries, Government of Sindh and General Manager, SSGCL, Karachi and the matter relating to the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police, Mirpurkhas (Sindh) was deferred for next meeting of the Committee. The Committee directed to the Chief Secretary and Inspector General of Police, Sindh to appear in person for the next meeting.
