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June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

Punjab University pays tribute to Dr Mughees

Lahore, June 29, 2021 (PPI-OT): Punjab University School of Communication Studies on Tuesday organized a condolence reference to pay homage to legendary teacher of journalism late Prof Dr Mughees uddin Sheikh at Hameed Nizami Hall. Eminent personalities including Mujeeb ur Rehman Shami, Salman Ghani, Sajjad Mir, Prof Dr Muhammad Dr Nizam uddin, Ali Mughees, Director SCS Prof Dr Noshina Saleem, senior faculty members and large number of students participated in the reference. In his address, Mr Mujeeb ur Rehman Shami said that Dr Mughees was a teacher by birth who continued to teach despite facing severe illness.

He said that Dr Mughees produced leaders of national level and a number of eminent journalists working in the media industry were his students. He urged the teachers to play their role for the prosperity of the country. Senior journalist Salman Ghani said that Dr Mughees not only equipped us with technical skills but also he trained us ideologically. Senior journalist Sajjad Mir said that the services of Dr Mughees uddin said that could not be forgotten and he would always be remembered. He said that he was the first senior professor who spoke on the topic of social media.

He said that Dr Mughees was expert at several dimensions of media, especially modern media studies and research methodology. Dr Nizam uddin said that Dr Mughees would be remembered in the eminent teachers of journalism forever. He said that Dr Mughees was a person who set various trends and uplifted the department. Dr Noshina Saleem said that Dr Mughees played an important role in providing the best human resource to the media industry. She said that his instructions and guidelines would be followed to nurture the School of Communication Studies. Mr Ali Mughees thanked the participants. In the end, three scholarships in the name of Dr Mughees were distributed among students.

For more information, contact:
Registrar,
University of the Punjab
Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99231102
Fax: +92-42-99231103
E-Mail: registrar@pu.edu.pk
Website: http://pu.edu.pk/

June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

Breast Cancer Awareness Session Organized at Aiwan-e-Sadar, Islamabad

Islamabad, June 29, 2021 (PPI-OT): The honourable First Lady; Mrs. Samina Arif Alvi has been actively involved in developing and implementing the national breast cancer awareness campaign by arranging awareness programs throughout the year to sensitize Pakistani women on this grave issue. In continuation to this, a breast cancer awareness session was arranged by Shifa International Hospital at Aiwan-e-Sadar to educate female employees and spouses of employees of the President Secretariat.

The team undertook basic screening of the participants to later offer free mammography scanning by the hospital. Consultant Radiation Oncologists; Dr. Uzma Qasim and Dr. Hira Asim explained to the audience about the general risk factors of breast cancer, prevention, and guidelines for self-assessment to identify any abnormality at an early stage. They also answered the questions of the participants during a detailed Q and A session.

Speaking on the occasion, the honourable First Lady; Mrs. Samina Arif Alvi who was the chief guest of the event lauded the contribution by Shifa International Hospital and reiterated the need to keep on arranging such programs throughout Pakistan to benefit Pakistani women. She also said that hiding the disease in the name of taboo is not a solution and it is essential to speak upon it to help the women get early diagnosis and thus protect their lives.

Dr. Farah Naz Ansari, Medical Director, Shifa Integrated Healthcare Technologies (SIHT) in her closing remarks appreciated the efforts and interest of the First Lady, who is leading the breast cancer awareness campaign in the country. She also vowed her resolve to continue organizing such awareness activities for breast cancer awareness for the masses.

For more information, contact:
Shifa International Hospitals Limited
Pitras Bukhari Road H-8/4,
Islamabad – Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-8463666
Fax: +92-51-4863182
Email: info@shifa.com.pk
Website: www.shifa.com.pk

June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

KP Assembly approves 55 supplementary demands for grants

Islamabad, June 29, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly approved 55 supplementary demands for grants for the financial year 2020-21, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during 10th sitting of the 19th session:

Members’ Participation

The Assembly met for three hours and five minutes.

The sitting started at 02:40 pm against the scheduled time of 01:00 pm.

The speaker presided over the entire sitting, while the deputy speaker was also present.

The leaders of the House (Chief Minister) and the opposition did not attend the sitting.

Sixty-five legislators (45 percent) were present at the outset and 50 (34 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leader of MMAP, ANP and PML-N attended the proceedings.

Three out of four minority lawmakers attended the sitting.

Output

The House approved 55 supplementary demands for grants for the financial year 2020-21 related to different public departments, while the opposition lawmakers withdrew their all 596 cut motions.

The provincial minister for finance tabled the authenticated schedule of authorized expenditures for the year 2020-2021 under Article 123 of the Constitution.

Tabled by an ANP lawmaker, the House unanimously adopted a resolution demanding to hand over Himalaya House, Nathia Gali to Civil Secretariat Peshawar again.

Another resolution on the agenda was deferred on the request of Minister for Labour and Culture.

Order and Institutionalization

The female lawmakers walked out from the House for 15 minutes against remarks of an ANP lawmaker about one of their colleagues.

The House was adjourned for an indefinite period.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available for the legislators, observers and the media.

Attendance of the lawmakers was not available for the observers and the media.

For more information, contact:
Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)
FAFEN Representative
FAFEN Secretariat 224, Margalla Road F-10/3 – Islamabad
Tel: +92-51-2211026
Fax: +92-51-2211047
Cell: +92-321-5017355, +92-301-8549188
Email: media@fafen.org
URL: www.fafen.org

June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

Today’s budget approval is unconstitutional and illegal: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Islamabad, June 29, 2021 (PPI-OT): Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday has said that the budget was passed illegally; the speaker has robbed the members of their votes today. He has written a letter to the Speaker in this regard. He said that what has happened in the National Assembly today is a bad tradition. Each member has the right to represent his or her constituency.

The Speaker verbally approves the bill to the National Assembly and if a member challenges, the speaker must take notice of it. Today, when I challenged a voice vote on an important occasion the speaker violated the rules of the speaker and deprived me of my right. It is sad to say that the Speaker has violated the sanctity of Parliament. Today’s budget approval is unconstitutional and illegal. I have written a letter to the Speaker on this. If this mistake is not rectified, this budget will be illegal. This budget of this government is morally unconstitutional. We will take up this issue from Kashmir to Karachi.

Chairman PPP said that the PPP members were all present. I am responsible for my own party. He said that we have no confidence in this chair after the attack on the Leader of the Opposition. If political resistance does not come now, when will it come? He will raise the issue of incomplete number of opposition before Shahbaz Sharif.

Responding to questions by the journalists, Chairman PPP said that the Speaker of the National Assembly has convened a meeting of the National Security Committee at my request. He will attend this meeting himself, and will put his suggestions to the government. In the past, we have always had the wrong policies towards Afghanistan. We have to learn from the mistakes of the past, otherwise the common man will have to suffer the consequences.

The assets of the NAB chairman should be made public. The assets of every NAB officer should be brought to light. Chairman NAB should voluntarily put the assets before the nation from the day of his appointment till date otherwise we will bring legislation.

He said that he hopes that all agencies responsible for national security will attend the committee meeting. We need to have a realistic policy on Afghanistan. Our Foreign Office has to play the right role. Our diplomatic campaign is not up to the mark on this issue. Success comes from solving problems, not spending less money visiting the United States. Our Prime Minister is being insulted all over the world. To date, President Biden has not spoken to him.

For more information, contact:
PPP Media Cell (Sindh)
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)
Peoples Secretariat Shikarpur Colony,
Behind Mazar-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Karachi, Pakistan
Cell: +92-305-3370383
Email: contact@ppp-tu.com
Website: https://www.ppp.org.pk

June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

National Assembly passes Finance Bill with majority vote

Islamabad, June 29, 2021 (PPI-OT): The National Assembly passed the Finance Bill, 2021 on Tuesday with majority vote, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) its Daily Factsheet.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during 18th sitting of the 34th session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for five hours and 23 minutes.

The proceedings started at 11:44 am against the scheduled time of 11:30 am.

The speaker presided over the proceedings for two hours and four minutes, the deputy speaker for two hours and 55 minutes, while remaining sitting was chaired by a member of panel of chairpersons.

The leader of the House (Prime Minister) attended the sitting for 52 minutes.

The leader of the opposition did not attend the sitting.

A total of 73 lawmakers (21 percent) were present at the outset and 159 (46 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PML-N, MQMP, ANP, PPPP, BAP, JWP, AMLP, PML and GDA attended the sitting.

Output

Moved by the Minister for Finance and Revenue, House passed a motion to consider the Finance Bill, 2021. One hundred and seventy-two (172) lawmakers voted in its favour of the motion and 138 lawmakers against it. Subsequently, the House passed the Finance Bill, 2021 with amendments.

A PPPP lawmaker complained about the hasty passage of the bill as the Chair asked to consider amendments as `read’ instead of allowing mover to read them completely.

Representation and Responsiveness

Minister for Finance and Revenue concluded the general discussion on the Finance Bill, 2021 consuming 12 minutes of the proceedings. Earlier, 11 lawmakers spoke on it for two hours and ten minutes.

Order and Institutionalization

The House was adjourned to meet again on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 11:30 am.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.

Attendance of lawmakers was available to the media and observers.

June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

Sindh Assembly leaves 86 percent agenda unaddressed

Islamabad, June 29, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Provincial Assembly of Sindh left 86 percent of its agenda unaddressed mainly due to the absence of movers, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Tuesday.

Following are key observations of the House proceedings during 19th sitting of the 21st session:

Members’ Participation

The House met for an hour and 12 minutes.

The sitting started at 03:08 pm against the scheduled time of 02:00 pm.

The speaker chaired the entire proceedings.

The deputy speaker was also present.

The leaders of the House (Chief Minister) and the opposition did not attend the sitting.

As many as 38 MPAs (23 percent) were present at the outset and 53 (32 percent) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leaders of PPPP, MQMP, TLP and MMAP were present, while GDA and PTI leaders did not attend the sitting.

Six out of nine minority lawmakers attended the proceedings.

Output

The House did not consider ten private members’ bills and four resolutions due to absence of relevant lawmakers.

A resolution on the agenda was deferred, while two private members’ bills were not taken up in the House due to early adjournment of sitting.

An amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh seeking prayer break was referred to the relevant committee.

Representation and Responsiveness

The House did not consider an adjournment motion and a privilege motion due to absence of relevant lawmakers, while a private motion was not considered.

Four out of nine starred questions were taken up during the question hour. In addition, the lawmakers asked ten supplementary questions.

Order and Institutionalization

A lawmaker spoke on point of order for two minutes.

A PTI lawmaker walked out from the House at 03:49 pm against Chair’s attitude with opposition lawmakers and did not return to the House till adjournment of sitting.

The House was adjourned to meet again on Friday, July 2, 2021 at 02:00 pm.

Transparency

‘Orders of the Day’ was available to the legislators, observers and public.

The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the media and observers.