The National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources on Monday requested Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to intervene in the matter and get the report released. Photo by Kohi Marri/File
ISLAMABAD: As the report on water distribution, which had to be released in one month, has been pending with the Attorney General Office for the last one year, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources on Monday requested Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Council of Common Interests (CCI) to intervene in the matter and get the report released.
A meeting of the committee, held at the Ministry of Water Resources, was presided over by Pakistan Peoples Party lawmaker Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur and attended by MNAs Ali Nawaz Awan, Chaudhry Shoukat Ali Bhatti, Muhammad Farooq Azam Malik, Naureen Farooq Ibrahim, Nuzhat Pathan, Chaudhry Muhammad Hamid Hameed (through video link), Riaz-ul-Haq, Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari and Afreen Khan. Parliament
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Smooth sailing for FY22 budget amid opp protest Tarin says PML-N government had left current account deficit of $20 billion, which PTI government has turned into surplus
June 30, 2021
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the Finance Bill 2021 with a majority vote despite protest by the opposition parties.
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin introduced the Finance Amendment Bill 2021 in the House, which was opposed by the opposition. The House approved a motion to introduce the Finance Bill which was challenged by Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur of the PPP after which the speaker directed for the count of votes to begin. The House passed the motion with majority vote which led to the passage of Finance Bill, 2021, after clause by clause reading as well as voice voting along with amendments.
IRSA asks WAPDA to appoint water inspectors at nine sites
Business
June 2, 2021
LAHORE: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA), apex river water regulatory body having representation of all provinces, has asked the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to appoint water inspectors at nine barrages in Punjab and Sindh for monitoring flows.
The move to appoint technical inspectors was pushed in the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Water Resources, which was held on May 24, 2021 under the chairmanship of Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur, Pakistan Peoples’ Party MNA from NA-220 (Umerkot).
According to a memorandum issued by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on May 27, 2021, the 20-member standing committee showed multi-partisan consensus over third-party monitoring of water distribution among provinces.