NA passes three different bills

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly on Wednesday passed three bills including, the Islamabad Capital Territory Child Protection Bill, 2017, the Juvenile Justice System Bill, 2017 and the National University of Technology Bill, 2018.

Minister for Human Rights Mumtaz Tarar had presented two bill before the House while Minister of Science and Technology Rana Tanveer Ahmed presented one bill.

Speaking on the bill, Mumtaz Tarar said that many child abuse incidents had occurred in various parts of the country adding that the aim of Child Protection bill was to control these incidents.

He said after passing of this bill, institutions would be setup for the protection of children and welfare fund would also be setup in this regard.