NA Committee recommends The Constitution Amendment Bill 2019 to be passed by assembly    

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Tuesday recommended with majority that the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019, as amended by the Committee may be passed by the Assembly.

The committee meeting held under Chairmanship of MNA Riaz Fatyana, was also attended by the Members National Assembly/Movers Atta Ullah, Muhammad Farooq Azam Malik, Ms. Kishwar Zehra, Ms. Maleeka Ali Bokhari, Muhammad Sana Ullah Khan Masti Khel, Malik Muhammad Ehsan Ullah Tiwana, Sher Ali Arbab, Ms. Shunila Ruth, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Syed Hussain Tariq, Ms.Nafeesa Shah, Syed Naveed Qamar Ms.

Aliya Kamran. MNA's Sajid Khan and Mohsin Dawar also attended the meeting besides the Minister for Law and Justice senior officers from the Ministry of Law and Justice with their staff, Secretary Election Commission, representatives of NADRA and Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

The Committee unanimously confirmed the minutes of its previous meeting held on 2nd May 2019.

The Committee after detailed deliberations deferred the Bill “The Muslim Family Laws Amendment Bill 2019, with observations that minor changes were required in the Bill hence the Ministry shall redraft the same and place before the committee in its next meeting.

The Committee after detailed deliberations of the section seven of the same Bill, deferred it with observations that Chairman Council of Islamic Ideology shall be requested to attend the next meeting.

In the meeting the committee considered the Bill “The Letters of Administration and Succession Certificate Bill, 2019, (Government Bill)”.

After detail deliberations the Committee deferred the Bill with observations that minor changes were required in the Bill hence the Ministry shall redraft the same and place before the committee after in its next meeting.

The Committee considered the Bill, “The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019, (Amendment in Article 51 and 106) Moved by Sajid Khan, MNA”.

After detail deliberations it was observed by the Committee that as the similar Bill of another private member has been recommended to be passed by the assembly so the Mover has requested to withdraw the same, hence the Committee recommends that the Bill may not be passed by the Assembly.