LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly Tuesday passed the Punjab Ministers Bill 2022 amid protest from the opposition.The bill was moved by PTI MPA Musarrat Jamshed Cheema. The opposition grilled the.
Governor signs PA Privilege Amendment Bill into law
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar Thursday signed the Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill 2021 into a law.
However, while talking to The News, he promised that all reservations expressed by the media persons regarding the bill would be addressed. He also promised that all stakeholders would be taken on board over the bill.
The Punjab Assembly Tuesday passed the bill, under which the media persons or officials could face a punishment, fine in case they misbehaved on the assembly premises. An interesting fact related to the bill is that it was referred to the privilege committee by the speaker, who had sought report from the committee within two months, but the bill was moved in the House within eight days and was passed without any debate.
Punjab Assembly condemns ruthless treatment of Indian farmers
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February 3, 2021
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Indian government’s apathy towards the farmers and committing atrocities against them for the last two months.
The resolution tabled by PML-N member Sardar Ramesh Singh on a private members day, condemned the Hindu fanatic group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for unleashing a reign of terror against the farmers, Muslims and other minorities in India.
It warned that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was crushing the minorities leaving tens of thousands of Indian farmers at the mercy of harsh cold weather for over two months.