Panel recommends Constitution (Amend) Bill, 2019

A parliamentary panel on Tuesday recommended the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019 moved by Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MNA Dr Nafisa Shah for approval from the National Assembly. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice held here headed by MNA Riaz Fatyana, deferred another bill the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019 presented by MNA Abdul Qadir Patel of the PPP.

The committee also deferred the bills, The Legal Practitioners and Bar Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2020, and The National Accountability (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2019, till the next meeting. The committee was briefed about the working and pendency of cases before the Federal Services Tribunal.

MNAs Ataullah, Lal Chand, Kishwar Zahra, Malik Ihsan Ullah Tiwana, Agha Hassan Baloch and Mehmood Bashir Virk, also attended the meeting.

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