ISLAMABAD: Presiding officer Kazim Khan chaired the Senate session
on Friday which reviewed the report submitted by Senior Federal
Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi regarding the performance of the
Utility Stores Corporation (USC).
According to the report, some 7,359 workers were hired by the USC in last three years on contract or daily wages.
It
further said that 3,591 workers in Punjab, 1,384 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
1,704 in Sindh and 680 workers were recruited in Balochistan. State
Minister for Industries and Production Sardar Bhadur Khan could not
give satisfactory answers to the house about the subsidised edible
commodities.
Senators Ishaq Dar, Zahid Khan and Ismail Bolidi
protested at this, saying that why the minister concerned did not turn
up before the house as the state minister was unaware with his
ministry’s affairs.
Speaking on a point of order, ANP’s Senator
Zahid Khan said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should not be written as KP in
the parliamentary record, adding that a privileged motion would be
tabled if Khyber Pakhtunkhwa referred as KP again.
The house adopted the power generation, supply and distribution bill 2011. The house proceeding were adjourned until Monday. Online
