Bill for open ballot in Senate elections presented in parliament amid noisy session
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Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
A bill to bring the 26th amendment to the Constitution, to pave the way for open balloting in Senate elections, was presented on Wednesday amid a noisy National Assembly session.
The members of parliament belonging to the Opposition benches chanted slogans, blew whistles, banged the desks and stood up from their seats in protest against the move and in a bid to prevent Minister for Law Farogh Naseem from reading out the contents of the bill.
Members of both the treasury and Opposition benches continued to chant go against one another.
• PPP says it will not become part of any committee under speaker
• Information minister challenges opposition to resign from parliament
ISLAMABAD: Following the opposition’s decision to boycott, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Sunday cancelled the parliamentary leaders’ meeting he had convened on Monday (today) on coming Gilgit-Baltistan elections as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) announced that it would not become part of any parliamentary committee under him for his alleged biased conduct during the last joint sitting of parliament.
The country’s major opposition parties had announced on Saturday that they would stay away from the parliamentary leaders’ meeting in line with Sept 20 multiparty conference (MPC)’s declaration through which they had said they would not cooperate with the government inside and outside the parliament.
Helped by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, the government on Monday hurriedly passed three bills, including the one seeking establishment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority. Photo courtesy NA Twitter
ISLAMABAD: Helped by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, the government on Monday hurriedly passed three bills, including the one seeking establishment of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority, amid ruckus by the opposition members.
Besides the passage of the bills, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan also laid two ordinances, including the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance 2020, before the house as the opposition members continued their noisy protest in front of the dais of the speaker after he refused to give them the floor to speak on the issue of price hike with particular reference to the recent increase in prices of electricity and petroleum products.
Amid opposition uproar in Pak, Imran Khan s govt passes CPEC Authority bill ANI | Updated: Feb 02, 2021 14:36 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 2 (ANI): Amid ruckus by the opposition members, the Imran Khan-led government on Monday hurriedly passed three bills in the National Assembly, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Bill, reported Dawn.
During the passage of the bill, opposition members protested in front of the dais of National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, after he refused to give them the floor to speak on the issue of price hike with particular reference to the recent increase in prices of electricity and petroleum products.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 2 (ANI): Amid ruckus by the opposition members, the Imran Khan-led government on Monday hurriedly passed three bills in the National Assembly, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Bill, reported Dawn.
During the passage of the bill, opposition members protested in front of the dais of National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, after he refused to give them the floor to speak on the issue of price hike with particular reference to the recent increase in prices of electricity and petroleum products.
The opposition raised slogans like Sharam karo, haya karo, speaker ko riha karo (Be ashamed, release the speaker) and Bijli chor, aata chor aur cheeni chor (Electricity thieves, flour thieves and sugar thieves), Dawn reported.