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No word on bill whose delay irked Punjab speaker
Elahi adjourned previous session after finding draft on emergency council missing from agenda
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LAHORE:
Not a word was heard in the provincial assembly on Monday about the Punjab Emergency Council Bill, although Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi had adjourned the House on February 25. He did that in protest against the government not making the bill a part of the agenda.
“I am going to adjourn the House till March 1 and no proceedings will be conducted until The Punjab Emergency Council Bill (relating to Rescue 1122 service) is brought on the agenda of the assembly,” the speaker had declared.
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LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday expressed anger over the government for not including the Punjab Emergency Services Bill in the agenda of Punjab Assembly proceedings and adjourned the House without any business.
Responding to the adjournment of the PA session without any proceedings, Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat said: “Mr Speaker! If you want to appoint the director general (DG) of Rescue 1122 for life, do so, but the constitutional and legal requirements for an individual cannot be ignored.” He said there was no such precedent of legislation for an individual in the history of the assembly. He said it was a money bill in the context of amendments to the Punjab Emergency Council Bill which had to be approved by the cabinet before tabling it in the assembly.