Two constitutional amendment Bills presented before Senate of Pakistan

Two constitutional amendment Bills presented before Senate of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Three Bills were introduced in the Senate today. They are: “The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2018, (Amendment of Article 260), The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2018, (Omission of clause (2) of Article 30) and The Compulsory Blood Test of the Spouses and Proposed Spouses for Thalassemia Disease Bill, 2018.

The chair referred the bills to the standing committees concerned.

The House also unanimously passed The Federal Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

Earlier, the Senate session started at the Parliament House in Islamabad this afternoon with Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani in the chair.

At the beginning, newly elected senator from Balochistan Manzoor Ahmed Khan Kakar took oath of his office.

The House also offered fateha for the departed souls of former parliamentarians Syed Ali Raza Abidi and Malik Hakimeen Khan.

The Senate unanimously passed a condolence resolution paying rich tribute to Malik Hakimeen Khan.