National Assembly passes ten govt. bills, discusses train crash in Ghotki - Press Release issued by Free and Fair Election Network.

Islamabad -- June 07, 2021 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)

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The National Assembly passed ten government bills and discussed incident of a train crash in Ghotki resulting deaths of more than 40 persons and injuries to several others, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Monday.

Following are key observations of the proceedings during the first sitting of 34th session:

Members' Participation

The National Assembly met three hours and one minute.

The sitting started at 05:49 pm against the scheduled time of 05:00 pm.

The deputy speaker presided over the entire sitting in the absence of speaker.

The leaders of the House (Prime Minister) and the opposition did not attend the sitting.

As many as 89 (26%) lawmakers were present at the outset and 61 (18%) at the adjournment of the sitting.

The parliamentary leader of PPPP, MQM and MMAP attended the sitting.

Six minority lawmakers were present.

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The House passed ten government bills which were the University of Islamabad Bill, 2020; the Privatization Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020; the Enforcement of Women's Property Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2020; the Loans for Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Purposes (Amendment) Bill, 2019; the Global Change Impact Studies Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2020; the National College of Arts Institute Bill, 2020; the Protection of Communal Properties of Minorities (Amendment) Bill, 2020; the Islamabad Capital Territory Charities Registration, Regulation and Facilitation Bill, 2020; the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Hyderabad Institute for Technical and Management Sciences Bill, 2021;.

Two ordinances including the Elections (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 and the Protection of Parents Ordinance, 2021 were laid in the House.

Minister for Human Rights introduced the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which was referred to the relevant committee for deliberation.

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Babar Awan introduced the Islamabad Healthcare Facilities Management Authority Bill, 2021. It was also referred to the relevant committee for further deliberation.

On behalf of Chairman Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, a member of the committee presented the report on the Federal Medical Teaching Institutes Bill...