29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Order, Mr. Yakub! You still have three more minutes to continue when we resume the debate on the Presidentâs Address.
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29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, it is time now to interrupt the Business of the House. The House stands adjourned until this afternoon at 2.30 p.m.
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29 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
The House rose at 12.30 p.m.
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28 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution in support of the amended Motion.
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28 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are some words that we see in the National Anthem. Sometimes we sing them, but do not think about them. These are words with deep meaning. They say: âMay justice be our shield and defenderâ. I want to agree with hon. Members, who have spoken before, that you have done justice to this House today. If this Motion that has kept this House pending for a whole week had been brought in that spirit, we would not be in the situation we are in today. We are in this Government of Coalition. The message this Parliament ...
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28 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I say again, may justice be our shield and defender.
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28 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I beg to support
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22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In fact, Dr. Khalwale has taken the words out of my mouth. I wanted to emphasise that it would help us more if we could elaborate on a procedure for dealing with emergency situations, because what you have provided is for a situation that is ordinary. However, there will be emergency situations and the Prime Minister will need to address such issues. We would want to
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22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support Dr. Khalwaleâs suggestion to defer this Motion of amendment. If you look at the provisions of Standing Order No.158, it says that at least 30 per cent must be Members of the Back Bench. In my understanding of English, it does not mean that from the 21 Members, it is only seven Members. As a sign of good faith when constituting this Committee, there should be 50 per cent Ministers and 50 per cent Backbenchers so that we can make sure that we put the business of the Back Bench and that of ...
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