A meeting of the Standing Committee on the Rules of Procedure and Privileges was held today; 26th June, 2014 at 10:30 am, in Committee Room No. 02, First floor, Parliament House, Islamabad.

The agenda of the meeting was as under:

i.The Question of Privilege raised by Eng. Hamid ulHaq Khalil, MNA regarding misbehavior of Secretary Communication (Mr. Ahmad Hanif) of Khyber PakhtunKhawa, Peshawar.

ii.The Question of Privilege raised by Mr. Sarzameen Khan, MNA regarding misbehavior DPO, District Kohistan of Khyber PakhtunKhawa.

iii.The Question of Privilege raised by Syed Muhammad SaqlainBokhari, MNA regarding misbehavior of Managing Director, SNGPL, (Mr. ArifHameed)

iv.The Question of Privilege raised by Mr. GhousBux Khan Mahar, MNA regarding misbehavior of SSP, District Shikarpur (Mr. Abdul Aziz Tunio)

The Committee took up the first item regarding the privilege motionmoved by Eng. Hamid ulHaq Khalil, MNA. After detailed deliberations and apology tendered by the Secretary Communications (Mr. Ahmad Hanif) of Khyber PakhtunKhawa, the Committee deferred the question and directed the Secretary to resolve the issues and grievances of the Honorable Member.

Due to absence of Mr. Sarzameen Khan, MNA,his privilege motion was deferred by the Committee.  The Committee then considered the third privilege motion raised by Syed Muhammad SaqlainBokhari, MNA and took serious note of the indecorousbehavior of the management of the SNGPL. However after unconditional apology submitted by Mr. LiaquatRaza SGM, Mr. Abdul Ahad GM, Mr. ArifHameed MD, SNGPL and Mr. AbidSaeed Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, the Committee deferred the case.

The Committee directed the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural resources to instruct all organization under ministry including SNGPL to deal with the people’s representatives respectfully and resolve all their issues and concerns on priority basis.

The fourth privilege motionpertaining to Mr. GhousBux Khan Mahar, MNA, who informed the Committee that the SSP, District Shikarpur (Mr. Abdul Aziz Tunio) has submitted a written apology to him and he has accepted the apology. On the stance taken by Mr. GhousBux Khan Mahar, MNA the Committee disposed of the privilege motion.

The Committee also constituted a Sub-Committee under the convener ship of Chaudhry Mahmood Bashir Virk, MNA to consider and amend the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly. The Sub Committee comprises of the following members:

1.      Mohammad AyazSoomro, MNA
2.      S.A. IqbalQadri , MNA
3.      Ms. MaizaHameed, MNA
4.      Ms.ShaguftaJumani, MNA
 

The meeting was attended by Ch. Asadur Rehman, Chaudhry Mahmood Bashir Virk, RanaUmerNazir Khan, Ch. Bilal Ahmed Virk, Mr. Muhammad Raza Hayat Harraj, Ms. KiranHaider, Ms. MaizaHameed, Mr. Imran ZafarLeghari, Mr. Muhammad AyazSoomro, Ms. ShaguftaJumani, Makhdoom Muhammad JavedHashmi, Rai Hassan Nawaz Khan, Mr. S. A. IqbalQuadri and Sheikh Muhammad Akram.