National Assembly of Pakistani passes four new Bills
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National Assembly has passed four bills and witnessed the introduction of three bills which are referred to the relevant committees for further consideration, reported 24 News HD TV Channel on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Law and Justice Shahadat Awan moved the National Metrology Institute of Pakistan Bill, 2022, and the Public Private Partnership Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which were passed by the House.
Likewise, the House passed two bills, including the Iqbal Academy Pakistan Bill, 2022, and the Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022. Both bills were tabled by Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbassi.
Earlier, Minister of State for Law and Justice Shahadat Awan introduced the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Qanun-e-Shahadat (Amendment) Bill, 2022, and the Control of Narcotics Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2022. All these bills were referred to the relevant committees for further consideration and presentation of reports on them.
PML-N lawmaker Ch. Mahmood Bashir Virk presented the reports of standing committees 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 Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development; Finance and Revenue and National Food Security and Research.
The reports were on three legislative proposals, including the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill, 2022; the Federal Government Properties Management Authority Bill, 2022 and the Pakistan Tobacco Board (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
