Sanjrani asks govt to implement Senate resolutions to have role in finance bill, PSDP approval

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani Thursday asked the government to implement Senate resolutions demanding to empower Senate to have viable role in Finance Bill, specially the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), in letter and spirit.

He, in his ruling, said, “Resolutions passed by the Senate reflects the aspirations of the Upper House of the Parliament being the House of Federation. The government is advised to implement the resolutions of the Senate with regard to role of the Senate in the Finance Bill specially the PSDP, in letter and spirit. We will also deliberate the matter in the Business Advisory Committee.”

Earlier, Senators belonging to the ruling and opposition parties asked the government for enhancing powers of the Senate to authorize to approve money bill including the finance bill.