National Assembly of Pakistani passes four new Bills

National Assembly of Pakistani passes four new Bills

National Assembly has passed four bills and witnessed the introduction ofthree bills which are referred to the relevant committees for furtherconsideration, reported 24 News HD TV Channel on Wednesday.

Minister of State for Law and Justice Shahadat Awan moved the NationalMetrology Institute of Pakistan Bill, 2022, and the Public PrivatePartnership Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which were passed by the House.

Likewise, the House passed two bills, including the Iqbal Academy PakistanBill, 2022, and the Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022. Both billswere tabled by Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbassi.

Earlier, Minister of State for Law and Justice Shahadat Awan introduced theRailways (Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Qanun-e-Shahadat (Amendment) Bill,2022, and the Control of Narcotics Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2022. Allthese bills were referred to the relevant committees for furtherconsideration and presentation of reports on them.

PML-N lawmaker Ch. Mahmood Bashir Virk presented the reports of standingcommittees on Interior on the Pakistan Coast Guards (Amendment) Bill, 2022,and the North-West Frontier Constabulary (Amendment) Bill, 2022.

He also presented one report each of Standing Committees on OverseasPakistanis and Human Resource Development; Finance and Revenue and NationalFood Security and Research.

The reports were on three legislative proposals, including the IndustrialRelations (Amendment) Bill, 2022; the Federal Government PropertiesManagement Authority Bill, 2022 and the Pakistan Tobacco Board (Amendment)Bill, 2022.