16 bills introduced in Senate; four deferred.

ISLAMABAD -- Lawmakers in the Senate on Monday introduced 16 bills in the House that were referred to the standing committees concerned for further deliberation.

Senator Mushtaq Ahmed moved five bills including the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2022) (Amendment of Article 203D of the Constitution); the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2022] (Amendment of Article 19 of the Constitution); the International Islamic University Ordinance, 1985 [The International Islamic University (Amendment) Bill, 2022]; the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 [The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022]; the Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order, 1979 [The Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022].

Similarly, the other bills referred to the concerned standing committees included Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2022) (Amendment of section 55 of CrPC), moved by Senator Zeeshan Khan Zada; Copyright Ordinance, 1962 [The Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2022] moved by Senator Faisal Javed; the Elections Act, 2017 [The Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2022] moved by Senator Fawzia Arshad; the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 [The Pakistan Environmental Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2022] moved by Senator Seemee Ezdi; the Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1974 [The Federal Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2022] moved by Senator Dr Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur; the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 [The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022] moved by Senator Seemee Ezdi; the Easements Act, 1882 [The Easements (Amendment) Bill, 2022] moved by Senator Seemee Ezdi; Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 1996 [The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control...