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.

Explanation

Pakistan has completed almost 90 per cent of its current FATF action plan with 24 out of 27 items rated as ‘largely addressed’ and remaining 3 items ‘partially addressed’,

FATF stand for            Financial Action Task Force

Headquarters:            Paris, France

Founder:                     Group of Seven (G7)

Founded:                    1989

Purpose:                     Combat money laundering and terrorism financing

Membership:              39

Explanation

The Punjab government is in the process of setting up education villages for the special children.

In this connection, Punjab Minister for Special Education Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq laid the foundation stone of the four walls of Special Children’s Village Sharqpur Sharif on February 10, 2021.

Explanation

The case concerned Kanizan Bibi, a middle-aged woman who has been on death row for 30 years, and Imad Ali, 55, who has spent 20 years on death row. Both suffer from “severe” schizophrenia, according to officials.

Explanation

The Gilgit-Baltistan government and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote tourism in the region on 19-Feb-2021.

The MoU will cater to the need for development of accommodation facilities for more than one million tourists, who visit the area annually.

Explanation

Tahir Ikram was associated with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and was driving a mission truck when he had the accident. He was a member of the UNAMID’s Formed Police Unit.

Explanation

Capital Development Authority (CDA) opened the first pet-friendly park of the city at F-6 on 20-02-2021.

Earlier, there was no government-run pet park in the city. There is a ban on carrying pets to public parks so that visitors are not affected. The park has been designed in such a way that citizens can sit, play and walk with their pets.

Explanation

Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati and Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani inaugurated a tourist safari train which is aimed at promoting the culture and the natural beauty of Potohar Region.

The safari train will operate for three days in a week, namely Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The routes involve the picturesque landscapes of Potohar, consisting of Margallah Hills, Sangjani tunnel and bridges like Chablal Bridge, Haro Bridge, Ghazi Borotha and Attock Khurd bridges. This train will pass through the old iron girder bridge on the Indus between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces.

Explanation

Chief Minister Usman Buzdar launched Rehmat-ul-Lil Alameen (PBUH) Scholarship Programme and inaugurated its website at a ceremony held at his office here on 22-02-2021.

Under this scholarship programme, 14,891 students of Intermediate and BS (Hons) programmes will be given scholarships worth Rs 41.70 crore and the amount will be expanded to Rs1 billion in the next budget.