July 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Despite its majority in the Senate, the opposition was found napping as the government which had cleverly devised a plan to push through at least five bills got the job done in a single day.
Prior to presenting the bills in the upper house of parliament, some of them through a supplementary agenda prepared at the last minute, the ruling coalition ensured that it had enough numbers in attendance to surpass the opposition’s tally. Proper homework was done by the government while the opposition had no clue about the official strategy.
The combined strength of the two factions of the opposition parties, one led by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the other by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has a clear numerical edge in the upper house of parliament and can frustrate any government move for lawmaking.
July 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The opposition uproar and walkout in the Senate on Friday marred the proceedings, as the government managed to push through five bills, taking advantage of the opposition senators’ limited presence in the House.
PPP parliamentary leader Sherry Rehman strongly agitated against the taking up of supplementary agenda and insisted the bills passed after voting on the two bills listed on the orders of the day was a bulldozed legislation, having no value.
After the question hour on the last day of the current session, the opposition opposed FATF-related the Mutual Legal Assistance (Criminal Matters) (Amendment) Bill, 2021 when Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani sought the leave of the House to allow introduction of the bill.
July 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The opposition uproar and walkout in the Senate on Friday marred the proceedings, as the government managed to push through five bills, taking advantage of the opposition senators’ limited presence in the House.
PPP parliamentary leader Sherry Rehman strongly agitated against the taking up of supplementary agenda and insisted the bills passed after voting on the two bills listed on the orders of the day was a bulldozed legislation, having no value.
After the question hour on the last day of the current session, the opposition opposed FATF-related the Mutual Legal Assistance (Criminal Matters) (Amendment) Bill, 2021 when Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani sought the leave of the House to allow introduction of the bill.
Keep impartiality in all cases, Sanjrani tells NAB chief
June 29, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani Monday said that transparency and impartiality in the accountability process should be maintained in all cases.
He also called for ensuring that the alleged perception of harassment of traders and investors under the guise of accountability process should be dispelled. Sanjrani observed this in a meeting with Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal, who called on him here at the Parliament House. The Chairman presented NAB s annual report for 2020 to the Chairman Senate.
Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal while briefing the Chairman Upper House about the ongoing accountability process said that steps are being taken to make the accountability process more transparent and effective so that an impartial system of accountability can be established.
National
April 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet Tuesday approved the delegation of some powers to the Strategic Export Control Division (SECD) with a view to ensuring effective implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 about control on the export of goods, technology and instruments related to nuclear and biological weapons and more effective implementation of Pakistan’s commitment to check the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs).
The move would enable the division to make timely decisions in that regard. For bringing about administrative improvement in the Federal Medical Teaching Institutes and allied teaching hospitals, Federal Medical Teaching Institute Ordinance 2020 promulgated by the president had already been implemented in various institutions.