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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Senate admits JI adjournment motion

The senate has admitted for further discussion an adjournment motion moved by Professor Khurshid Ahmad on the news item appeared in a section of press that rain and flood affected wheat and rice was purchased, causing loss of one point seven five billion rupees to the national exchequer.

Minister for Food Security, Mir Israrullah Zehri did not oppose the motion. Discussion on the motion will be held later.
Meanwhile the upper house adopted the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Finance Revenue and Economic Affairs on the Petroleum Products (Petroleum Levy) (Amendment) Bill, 2011. The motion to this effect was moved by Ishaq Dar. SANA