The committee met in the chair of Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry here at the Parliament House on Friday. The committee discussed questions of privileges raised by various members of the National Assembly and the issue of security of the Parliament Lodges.
While discussing the question of privilege raised by MNA Siraj Muhammad Khan regarding failure of Iftikhar Alam, ex-district co-ordination officer Nowshera, Muhammad Irafan, district finance officer, and district accounts officer in attending the call of MNA or calling him back (referred on January 20, 2017), the committee took serious notice of disrespect to the member. The committee directed that the chief secretary KP should appear in the next meeting of the committee along with all relevant officers and brief the committee in this regard.
On the suo motu of the committee regarding security matters at the Parliament Lodges, the committee took serious notice of the absence of IGP Islamabad in the meeting and directed that the IGP Islamabad should appear before the committee in person in the next meeting of the committee.
On the question of privilege raised by MNA Azhar Jadoon regarding attack on an MNA by a person during the launching ceremony of "Insaf Health Card" at Jalal Baba Auditorium, Abbottabad, the committee directed the home secretary KP to finalise the inquiry pertaining to the said question of privilege and report it to the committee within two weeks.
The committee disposed of the question of privilege of MNA Sheikh Rashid Ahmed against Foreign Office. The committee also finalised the amendment moved by MNA Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly, 2007 pertaining to the definition of formal character.
The meeting was attended by MNAs Chaudhry Khadim Hussain, Chaudhary Mahmood Bashir Virk, Rana Umer Nazir Khan, Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari, Azhar Qayyum Nahra, Kiran Haider, Maiza Hameed, Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur, Shagufta Jumani, and Asiya Nasir. The meeting was also attended by Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Dr Arif Alvi, Siraj Muhammad Khan and Dr Azhar Jadoon, MNAs/movers.
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