Sitting on 15th May 2024

Session No.

9

Summoned by

Governor of the Punjab

Sitting No.

4

Day and Date of sitting

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Scheduled time

02:00 pm

Commenced at

04:23 pm

Adjourned at

08:50 pm

Total working time

4 Hours 27 Minutes

Presided by

1)      Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, Speaker

2)      Malik Zaheer Iqbal Channer, Deputy Speaker

Attendance

237

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 Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department were asked and answered by Khawaja Imran Nazeer, Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department.

Ms Salma Butt laid the report of Special Committee No. 1 on The Punjab Defamation Bill 2024

1.

Mr Mansoor Azam moved his motion regarding misbehavior of former SHO Bhalwal City.

Referred to Committee.

2.

Mr Jam Aman Ullah moved his motion regarding allegedly illegal raid by the Police at his house in Zain City.

Referred to Committee.

3.

Mr Usama Fazal moved his motion against the misbehavior of DPO Khanewal.

Referred to Committee.

1.

Mr Bilal Yamin moved a motion demanding for measures to get rid of dangerous animals damaging crops and gardens in Murree district.

Pended for reply by the Minister concerned.

2.

Ms Nadia Khar moved a motion that women were deprived of medical facilities due to incomplete construction of Mother and Child Hospital in Kot Addu district.

Pended for reply by the Minister concerned.

3.

Mr Mumtaz Ahmad moved a motion demanding for posting of senior doctors and paramedical staff and providing medical facilities at Mother & Child Hospital Mianwali District.

Pended for reply by the Minister concerned.

4.

Mr Muhammad Ismael moved a motion that the owners of a medical store located on the outskirts of Regal Chowk in Faisalabad, were playing with human lives with the connivance of the health department staff.

Disposed of. Answered by the Minister concerned.

5.

Mr Amjad Ali Javed moved a motion that Gymkhana Lahore had been leased to influential persons for 50-years, causing a loss of millions of rupees to the national treasury every month.

Pended for reply by the Minister concerned.

6.

Mr Muhammad Athar Maqbool moved a motion demanding posting of doctors, paramedical staff and providing medical machinery in THQ Fatehpur District Layyah after the completion of construction of the building.

Pended for reply by the Minister concerned.

7.

Motion # 156/24 by Mr Zulfiqar Ali.

Disposed of. Answered by the Minister concerned.

8.

Motion # 104/24 by Ms Uzma Kardar.

Disposed of. Mover not present.

10.

Motion # 145/24 by Mr Amjad Ali Javed

Disposed of. Answered by the Minister concerned.

9.

Motion # 146/24 by Mr Amjad Ali Javed.

Disposed of. Answered by the Minister concerned.

11.

Motion moved by Mr Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhary on May 13, 2024 regarding employees of employees of private companies working in Clean Punjab Program.

Pended for discussion in the House.

12.

Ms Raheela Khadim Hussain moved a motion regarding residents suffering from infectious diseases due to blockage of the sewerage system in the Awami Colony area adjacent to General Hospital Lahore.

Pended for discussion in the House.

Mr Mujtaba Shuja Ur Rehman, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, laid in the House the following audit reports:

1.      Special Study on Adequacy and Functional Aspect of Pre-Audit conducted by Local Fund Audit Department in TMA Shah Rukn-e-Alam Town, District Multan, for the Audit Year 2017-18.

2.      Special Study on Public funds Expended on Security Measures by School Education Department on District Rahim Yar Khan, for the Audit year 2017-18.

3.      Audit Report on the Accounts of City District Government Lahore, for the Audit Year 2017-18.

4.      Audit Report on the Accounts of District Government Okara, for the Audit Year 2017-18.

5.      Financial Statements of the Government of the Punjab for the Year 2017-2018.

6.      Audit report on the accounts of Communication and Works, Housing, Urban Development & Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Local Government & Community Development Departments, Government of the Punjab, for the Audit Year 2020-21.

7.      Audit Report on the Accounts of District Education Authorities of Punjab (North) for the Audit Year 2020-21.

8.      Audit Report on the Accounts of District Health Authorities of Punjab (North) for the Audit Year 2020-21.

9.      Audit Report on the Accounts of Revenue Receipts, Government of the Punjab, for the Audit Year 2022-23.

Mr Speaker referred the Reports to the concerned Public Accounts Committees, whenever elected, with the directions to examine and report within one year.

General discussion took place on the Adjournment Motions regarding waste management, sewerage system and Clean Punjab Project. Those participated in the discussion include: Mr Ahmad Iqbal Chaudhry, Ms Raheela Khadim Hussain, Mr Shaukat Raja, Mr Mushtaq Ahmad, Ms Shakeela Javed, Syed Riffat Mehmood, Mr. Ahsan Raza Khan, Mr Aftab Ahmad Khan, Ms Zakia Khan, Mr Razi Ullah Khan, Malik Khalid Mahmood Babar, Rana Mohammad Iqbal Khan, Mr Imtiaz Mahmood, Mr Ijaz Masih, Mr Ali Asif and Mr Khurram Ijaz. Mr Zeeshan Rafique, Minister for Local Government and Community Development, concluded the discussion.

The House was adjourned to meet on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 02:00 pm.