Pakistan: Senate rejects PEMRA Amendment Bill 2020International 2021-01-26, by Editor Comments Off 2
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday rejected the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by a majority vote after the opposition parties opposed it over apprehensions that empowering the authority with regard to human resource management would “further endanger the freedom of press”.
The Senate session was presided over by Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. Today, was Legislative Day in the upper house.
The rejection of the Pemra (Amendment) Bill, 2020 irked Leader of the House Shahzad Waseem.
He was of the view that Pemra was to be empowered to take action on the jobs of media workers and their withheld salaries. “It should be decided that who is against the rights of workers,” an angry Waseem said, adding that the rights of the workers in all institutions should be protected.
Senate rejects PEMRA Amendment Bill 2020
Opposition opposes move, says empowering it will ‘further endanger freedom of press’
ISLAMABAD:
The Senate on Monday rejected the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by a majority vote after the opposition parties opposed it over apprehensions that empowering the authority with regard to human resource management would “further endanger the freedom of press”.
The Senate session was presided over by Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. Today, was Legislative Day in the upper house.
The rejection of the Pemra (Amendment) Bill, 2020 irked Leader of the House Shahzad Waseem.
He was of the view that Pemra was to be empowered to take action on the jobs of media workers and their withheld salaries. “It should be decided that who is against the rights of workers,” an angry Waseem said, adding that the rights of the workers in all institutions should be protected.
NAB initiates inquiry against Faisal Zaman
Peshawar
January 17, 2021
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated an inquiry against Member Provincial Assembly Faisal Zaman for accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income.
Sources said the NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had sent a letter to the deputy commissioner Haripur to provide details of the properties owned or sold by MPA Faisal Zaman and his family members. The district administration, they said, had been asked to provide the details of properties of the MPA to the NAB office by January 19.
Faisal Zaman was elected MPA from Haripur as an independent candidate. He has been winning elections from his Ghazi constituency in Haripur district. He also defeated former chief minister Pir Sabir Shah. His family is rich and is often called “Jahazan Wala” as it owned ships.