ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior on Monday considered the "Islamabad Capital Territory Waqf Properties Bill, 2020" with some amendments.

The committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, MNA.

The meeting commenced with recitation from the holy Quran, and then the committee decided to proceed with the agenda.

The agenda of the meeting included discussion on the bills, the "Islamabad Capital Territory Waqf Properties Bill, 2020" and the "Islamabad Capital Territory Trust Bill, 2020".

The committee considered the bill titled, "the Islamabad Capital Territory Waqf Properties Bill, 2020", after detailed clause by clause discussion, the committee recommended that the bill may be passed by the National Assembly, with amendments.

The bill titled, "the Islamabad Capital Territory Trust Bill, 2020" was discussed by the committee, and it was recommended that the bill may be deferred till the next meeting of the committee, to be held on 11 August 2020.

Sher Akbar Khan, Mehar Ghulam Muhammad Lali, Raza Nasrullah, Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai, Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak, Malik Sohail Khan, Nadeem Abbas, Maryam Aurangzaib, Syed Agha Rafiullah, Nawab Muhammad Yousuf Talpur, Abdul Qadir Patel, and the senior officers from the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Law and Justice attended the meeting.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020