ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday introduced 11 government bills and presented five Ordinances which were referred to the relevant committees for further consideration.
The government bills introduced in the House included the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Evacuee Trust Properties (Management and Disposal) Bill, 2021; the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Bill, 2021; the Export-Import Bank of Pakistan Bill, 2021; the Pakistan Tobacco Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021; Iqbal Academy Pakistan Bill, 2021; the North-West Frontier Constabulary (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Pakistan Coast Guards (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Pakistan Rangers (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the Frontier Corps (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
Five Ordinances were also laid in the House which were the Federal Government Properties Management Authority Ordinance, 2021; the Elections (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2021; the Public Properties (Removal of encroachment) Ordinance, 2021; the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 and the Pakistan Food Security Flow and Information Ordinance, 2021.
The House also witnessed presentation of three reports of Standing Committees on many legislative proposals.