Islamabad: (Staff Reorter) the Senate passed three private members’ bills and referred eight others to the relevant committees for further consideration.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Faisal Javed moved the National Commission on the Rights of Child (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which was passed by the House.
Likewise, Pakistan Peoples Party’s Saleem Mandviwala introduced the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Bill, 2022, which was also adopted by the House.
Furthermore, the House passed another bill, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council Bill, 2022, amid protests by the opposition lawmakers. They alleged that the bill sponsored by Saleem Mandviwalla and independent Senator Kauda Babar, was not discussed by the relevant standing committee. The opposition later walked out of the House against its passage.
According to the source, Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel said the bill was thoroughly deliberated in the committee’s meeting. Each and every amendment proposed by the opposition was also considered by it, he added.
Eight bills:
Right to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Tosha Khana (Management and Regulation) Bill 2022
The Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Amendment of Articles 215, 218 and 228)
Identical bills namely the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Khunsa Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2022
Moreover the chair deferred two private members’ bills including the Pakistan Environmental Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Amendment of Article 62), which would likely to be considered likely on next private members’ day on October 10.
Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open.