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Senate body approves bill for punishment in child abuse, rape cases
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February 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Interior on Tuesday gave approval of strong legislation, suggesting stringent punishment to child abuse and rape cases.
While The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (Section 297A, Act XLV of 1860) introduced by Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi was discussed in detail and it was suggested in the bill that whoever commits rape, molestation of any kind to any human corpse shall be punished with imprisonment of life not less than 14 years and a fine which may extend to one million but not less than one hundred thousand rupees. The meeting of the Senate Committee on Interior was held with the chair of its Chairman Senator Abdul Rehman Malik and was attended by Leader of the House Senator Dr Shahzad Waseem, senators Nusrat Shaheen, Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Mirza Muhammad Afridi, Muhammad Ali Saif, Sardar Muhammad Shafiq Tareen, and senior officers from the Min
ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee on Tuesday passed a bill seeking public hanging of child sexual abusers amid a walkout by Leader of the House in the Senate Dr Shahzad Waseem from its meeting.
The Criminal Laws Amendment Bill, 2020, was moved by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Javed Abbasi and passed by the Senate Standing Committee on Interior. The bill wants high courts to conduct the trial of sexual offences against children and set a time frame of 30 days for completion of the trial and two months for adjudicating upon the appeals by the Supreme Court.
Chairman of the committee and former interior minister Rehman Malik presided over the meeting.
Senate passes Pakistan Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2020
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Senate passes Pakistan Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2020
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Senate today has passed “The Pakistan Environmental Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2020” introducing Twelve other bills during the session.
The Senate resumed its session at Parliament House with Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani in the chair. The Bill was moved by Senator Faisal Javed Khan. The Bill aims to amend the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act 1997.
Twelve bills were also introduced during the session.
The bills include “The Guardian and Wards (Amendment) Bill, 2020,” “The Public Complaints (Removal of Grievance) Bill, 2020,” “The Islamabad Rent Restriction (Amendment) Bill, 2020,” “The Right of Access to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2020,” “The Islamabad Women University Islamabad Bill, 2020,” “The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2020,” “The Pakistan Arms (Amendment) B
Bill seeking 5-year term for tarnishing, removal or burning of Jinnah s photos introduced in Senate
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12 bills introduced in the Senate
Bill proposes 5-year sentence for removal, tarnish or burning of Jinnah s photos
Senate chairman forwards all bills to relevant committees
ISLAMABAD: A bill proposing a five-year sentence for the removal, tarnishing or burning of photos of the Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been presented before the Senate.
It was put forward by PML-N s Syed Muhammad Sabir Shah during a Senate session being chaired by Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday. Apart from a five-year sentence, the bill also seeks to impose a fine worth Rs50,000 on the individual(s) who tarnish, remove or burn an image of the country s founding father.