Explanation

The Islamabad Healthcare Facilities Management Authority Bill, 2022 was passed by the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) on February 24, 2022.

The bill seeks to provide better management, supervision and administration of healthcare facilities in the jurisdiction of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

Explanation

President Dr Arif Alvi on 20-02-2022 promulgated an ordinance to amend the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (Peca) against "fake news".

Explanation

The bill was passed by National Assembly on Jan 13, 2022 but it was passed in Senate on 28-01-2022.

The bill was pending since 1997.

Explanation

Prior to this, the law required every prime minister to take a vote of confidence from the Assembly within 30 days of being elected.

Since 2010, however, the law does not require such a practice. In fact, according to clause 7 of Article 91 of the Constitution, the president “shall not exercise his powers under this clause unless he is satisfied that the prime minister does not command the confidence of the majority” in the Assembly.

This is the first time a prime minister has undertaken such an exercise after the passage of the 18th Amendment.

Explanation

Muhammad Khan Junejo was the first prime minister in the parliamentary history of the country to receive a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, which he received on March 24, 1985, under General Zia-ul-Haq's Revival of Constitution of 1973 Order (RCO),

In fact, under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, all prime ministers of Pakistan, from 1985 to 2008, received a vote of confidence from the National Assembly. These included the late Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Mir Zafarullah Jamali, Chaudhry Shujaat, Shaukat Aziz, and Yousuf Raza Gilani

In 2009, the 18th Amendment removed the provision for a vote of confidence from the Constitution.

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Explanation

Explanation

Parental Ordinance in Pakistan was passed on 8th May 2021 by Dr. Arif Alvi.

This ordinance was passed under article 89 of the constitution.

Explanation

Explanation

The Prime Minister of Pakistan needed 172 votes to win the confidence vote.

The speaker said that in 2018, Prime Minister Imran had been elected to the post with 176 votes. “Today (06-03-2021), he has secured 178 votes,”

Explanation

The Prime Minister of Pakistan needed 172 votes to win the confidence vote.

The speaker said that in 2018, Prime Minister Imran had been elected to the post with 176 votes. “Today (06-03-2021), he has secured 178 votes,”

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Voting procedure

The procedure for vote of confidence on the prime minister has been clearly defined in the Second Schedule of the NA Rules of 2007.

The Second Schedule states that before the voting commences, the speaker shall direct that the bells be rung for five minutes to enable members not present in the chamber to be present.

Immediately after the bells stop ringing, all the entrances to the lobby shall be locked and the assembly staff posted at each entrance shall not allow any entry or exit through those entrances until the voting has concluded.

The speaker shall then read out the resolution before the assembly and ask the members who wish to vote in favour of the resolution to pass in single file through the entrance where tellers shall be posted to record the votes.

On reaching the desk of the tellers, each member shall, in turn, call out the division number allotted to him under the rules. The tellers shall then mark off his number on the division list simultaneously calling out the name of the member.

In order to ensure that his vote has been properly recorded, the member shall not move off until he has clearly heard the teller call out his name.

After a member has recorded his vote, he shall not return to the chamber until bells are rung under paragraph. When the speaker finds that all the members who wished to vote have recorded their votes, he shall announce that the voting has concluded.

Thereupon the secretary shall cause the division list to be collected, count the recorded votes and present the result of the count to the speaker.

The speaker shall then direct that the bells be rung for two minutes to enable the members to return to the chamber. After the bells stop ringing, the speaker shall announce the result to the assembly.