NA Standing committee on law and justice was held today

Islamabad, April 10, 2023 (PPI-OT):76th meeting of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice was held today under the Chairmanship of Ch. Mahmood Bashir Virk, MNA at 02:00 P.M. in Committee Room No. 5, (2nd Floor), Parliament House, Islamabad. The meeting started with recitation from the Holy Quran. The Committee confirmed Minutes of the previous meeting and deferred the agenda No. 2.

The Committee considered the Bills, “The Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Bill 2023, (Government Bill) and The National Accountability (Amendment) Bill, 2023 (Section 4), (Government Bill); after detailed deliberations the Committee unanimously recommended that the Bill as amended may be passed by the Assembly.

The Committee did not consider the Bill, “The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Twenty Sixth Amendment) Bill; 2021, (Government Bill), and deferred the same at the request of the Ministry.

The Committee considered the Bills, The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Articles 175A, 177 and 182); The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Article 204 and 209); The Legal Practitioner and Bar Council (Amendment) Bill 2021, (Section 5) Moved by Mr. Qadir Khan Mandukhel, MNA; after detailed deliberations the Committee deferred the same.

The Committee did not considered the Bills due to non-availability of the Mover, The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Article 223); and The Muslim Family Law (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Section 5-A); Moved by Mr. Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, MNA; deferred the same till next meeting.

Hon. Members/MNAs Mr. Usman Ibrahim, Ms. Mehnaz Akbar Aziz, Ms. Zahra Wadood Fatemi, Dr. Samina Matloob, Mr. Qadir Khan Mandukhel, Ms. Aliya Kamran, Minister for law and Justice, State Minister for Law and Justice along with Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice and staff attended the meeting.

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