Punjab PA adopts bill pursued by speaker
Amendment to emergency service law gets unanimous backing
Punjab Assembly. PHOTO: APP
LAHORE:
The provincial government on Tuesday placed ‘The Punjab Emergency Service (Amendment) Bill 2021’ on the agenda of the Punjab Assembly and managed to get it passed unanimously. Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi had recently expressed displeasure over the government’s failure to table the bill.
The government seemed eager to avoid opening a new front with its allies over the issue and decided to keep the assembly’s atmosphere cool. The assembly proceedings continued for about 40 minutes and several questions were put off to take up the bill. It was a private members’ day. Normally, the government does not introduce its business on the private members’ day. The assembly also passed The Punjab Transparency and Right to Information (Amendment) Bill and Times Institute Multan (Amendment) Bill 2021.