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National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat Recommends, APO not to be closed: suggests giving APO properties to affectees of 1971
Islamabad, January 14, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat met under the Chairpersonship of MNA Ms. Kishwer Zehra in the Parliament House this morning recommended non-closure of Abandoned Property Organization (APO). The Committee was unanimous in its view that instead of closing down the Organization and selling its properties, the same may be given to the affectees of 1971 who chose to become Pakistanis. The Committee decided to pursue the issue with the Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms overseeing the process of wound up of APO.
Afghan Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami Leader Muhammad Karim Khalili Meets Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser
Islamabad, January 11, 2021 (PPI-OT):Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that Afghan peace process would be culmination of an era of peace and prosperity in Afghanistan and the region. He reiterated Pakistan’s all-out support to Afghan led and Afghan owned peace process. He said this in a conversation with Afghan Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami Chairman Muhammad Karim Khalili who met Speaker in Islamabad, this evening along with a delegation.
During the meeting, Pak-Afghan relations and the political situation in the region and issues of mutual interest came discussion. The Speaker said that Pakistan was desirous of seeing a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan which is in the best interest of not only Pakistan but the entire region. He said that peaceful Afghanistan is imperative for the development and prosperity of the region. He said that Pakistani and Afghan people were b
Multiple initiatives taken for PWDs’ solace
Islamabad
January 10, 2021
Islamabad : The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) has provided indoor health care services worth Rs72,000 under ‘Sehat Sahulat’ Programme from registered hospital as well as introducing a number of other initiates for the welfare of the Person with Disabilities (PWDs) during 2020.
The free of charge health facility was ensured through a highly transparent and computerised mechanism for those who were unable to get medical treatment in their meagre resources.
National Assembly of Pakistan has passed ‘The ICT Rights of Persons with Disability Act 2020’ during this time span, a MoHR official told this agency.
Meeting of the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs held
Islamabad, January 07, 2021 (PPI-OT): 1. 9th meeting of the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs was held in Committee Room No.7, Parliament House, Islamabad under the Chairmanship of Hon. Mujahid Ali, MNA.
2. The Committee strongly condemned the incident of Muchh, Balochistan and terrorists’ attacks on Pak-Army soldiers during recent past and offered Fateha for the departed soles of martyrs and prayed that may Almighty Allah forgive their minor mistakes and rest them in peace.
3. The Committee discussed the pros and cons of the following Bills in detail. The Committee highly appreciated the efforts of the Movers of the following Bills for fetching attention of the Government functionaries towards very important and sensitive issues. The Committee however, recommended that the following Bills may not be passed in haste to avoid overlapping in the existing legislations and to avoid the complication of their im
National
January 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani Thursday termed the presidential reference, filed by the President of Pakistan with reference to the Senate elections, is as mala fide and an attempt to mislead the Supreme Court (SC). “On the question of ‘open ballot,’ the federal government tabled the ‘Twenty Sixth Constitutional (Amendment) Bill’ on the 29th of October, 2020, seeking amendments in articles 59 and 226, Constitution, 1973 and the said bill was referred to and is pending before the Standing Committee on Law and Justice, National Assembly of Pakistan,” he said in statement on Thursday. Raza Rabbani said with such a bill, pending before Parliament, for the president to file such a reference, is impinging upon the sovereignty of Parliament to legislate. He said the federal government, having failed to materialise a 2/3rd majority to amend the Constitution in both the houses of Parliament, through this reference is trying to circu