List of committees of the Senate of Pakistan
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The Senate of Pakistan has a number of committees each of which handles a specific legislative area. The committee members usually have specialised knowledge or interest in the matters under their jurisdiction. The committees monitor government activities, identify issues suitable for legislative review, gather and evaluate information, and recommend courses of action to the Senate. The number of committees has gradually increased from six during Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government (1973–77) to fifty-two, as of 2017. There are several types of committee, with the majority (thirty) called "standing committee" and others called "functional committee", whilst some have unique titles.
Standing committees | ||
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Committee name | Chairperson[1] | Secretary Committee |
Cabinet Secretariat | Muhammad Talha Mahmood (JUI-F) | Hyder Ali Sundrani |
Commerce | Syed Shibli Faraz (PTI) | Iffat Mustafa |
Communications | Muhammad Daud Khan Achakzai (ANP) | Hammad Khan Marri |
Climate Change | Mir Muhammad Yousaf Badini (Independent) | Malik Arshad Iqbal |
Defence | Mushahid Hussain Syed (PML-Q) | Dr. Syed Pervaiz Abbas |
Defence Production | Lt. General (R) Abdul Qayyum (PML-N) | Arshad Jan Pathan |
Federal Education and Professional Training | Rahila Magsi (PML-N) | Faiqa Abdul Hayee |
Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization | Saleem Mandviwalla (PPPP) | Muhammad Tahir Khan |
Foreign Affairs | Nuzhat Sadiq (PML-N) | Dr. Syed Pervaiz Abbas |
Housing and Works | Maulana Tanveer-ul-Haq Thanvi (MQM) | Mughees Ahmad Shaikh |
Interior & Narcotics Control | Abdul Rehman Malik (PPPP) | Javed Iqbal |
Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage | Kamil Ali Agha (PML-Q) | Qurat ul Ain |
Industries and Production | Hidayat Ullah (Independent) | Farzana Khan |
Information Technology and Telecommunications | Shahi Syed (ANP) | Asim Khan Goraya |
Inter-Provincial Coordination | Mushahid Ullah Khan (PML-N) | Qurat ul Ain |
Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan | Prof. Sajid Mir (PML-N) | Faiqa Abdul Hayee |
Law and Justice | Muhammad Javed Abbasi (PML-N) | Rabeea Anwar |
National Food Security and Research | Syed Muzafar Hussain Shah (PML-F) | Hafeezullah Sheikh |
National Health Services Regulations and Coordination | Sajjad Hussain Turi (Independent) | Malik Arshad Iqbal |
Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development | Baz Muhammad Khan (ANP) | Shaukat Javaid |
Parliamentary Affairs | Saeed Ghani (PPPP) | Rafiullah |
Ports and Shipping | Muhammad Ali Khan Saif (MQM) | Shehwar Faryal |
Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony | Maulana Hafiz Hamdullah (JUI-F) | Hammad Khan Marri |
Planning Development and Reforms | Col (R) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi (MQM) | Farzana Khan |
Petroleum and Natural Resources | Mir Israrullah Khan Zehri (BNP-A) | Shehwar Faryal |
Railway | Sardar Fateh Muhammad Muhammad Hassani (PPPP) | Khalid Kamal Veryamani |
States and Frontier Regions | Hilal-ur-Rehman (Independent) | Shaukat Javaid |
Science and Technology | Osman Saifullah Khan (PPPP) | Haris Rehman |
Textile Industry | Mohsin Aziz (PTI) | Hammad Khan Marri |
Water and Power | Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Nasar (PML-N) | Javed Iqbal |
Functional Committees | ||
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Committee name | Chairperson[1] | Secretary Committee |
Government Assurances | Agha Shahbaz Khan Durrani (PML-N) | Muhammad Tahir Khan |
Human Rights | Nasreen Jalil (MQM) | Malik Arshad Iqbal |
Problems of Less Developed Areas | Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar (PMAP) | Masror Hausen |
Devolution | Mir Kabeer Ahmed Muhammad Shahi (NP) | Rabeea Anwar |
Other Committees | ||
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Committee name | Chairperson[1] | Secretary Committee |
Rules of Procedure and Privileges | Dr. Jehanzeb Jamaldini (BNP-M) | Muhammad Anwar |
Delegated Legislation | Taj Haider (PPPP) | Masror Hausen |
Special Committees | ||
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Committee name | Chairperson[1] | Secretary Committee |
The Project of China-Pak Economic Corridor | Taj Haider (PPPP) | Masror Hausen |
Issue of Lapse of Various Foreign Scholarships | Syed Muzafar Hussain Shah (PML-F) | |
Ethics | Mian Raza Rabbani (PPPP) | Rabeea Anwar |
The Performance of PIA | Mushahid Ullah Khan (PML-N) | Hafeezullah Sheikh |
The Twenty Four Demands made by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Syed Muzafar Hussain Shah (PML-F) | Zarghona Shabbir |
Bipartisan Special Oversight Committee | Rabeea Anwar | |
Oversight Committee | Muhammad Javed Abbasi (PML-N) | Rabeea Anwar |
Gas Infra Structure Development Cess Bill, 2015 | Ilyas Ahmad Bilour (ANP) | Iffat Mustafa |
Marginalized Segments of Society | Nisar Muhammad (PML-N) | Mughees Ahmad Shaikh |
The Drafting Committee of the Committee of the Whole |
Select Committees | |||
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Committee Name | Chairperson | Secretary Committee | |
The Right to Information Bill, 2016 | Farhatullah Babar | ||
Domestic Committees | ||
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Committee name | Chairperson[1] | Secretary Committee |
Senate House Committee | Molana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri (JUI-F) | Hafeezullah Sheikh |
Senate Finance Committee | Mian Raza Rabbani (PPPP) | Amjed Pervez Malik |
Business Advisory Committee | Mian Raza Rabbani (PPPP) | Amjed Pervez Malik |
Senate Library Committee | Nuzhat Sadiq (PML-N) | Shagufta Shaukat |
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