NA Refers Nine Private Members' Bills To Committees

The National Assembly on Tuesday referred nine private members' bills to the relevant committees after introduction and rejected a motion with majority votes seeking permission to introduce a legislative proposal

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Apr, 2019 ) :The National Assembly on Tuesday referred nine private members' bills to the relevant committees after introduction and rejected a motion with majority votes seeking permission to introduce a legislative proposal.

Nine bills referred to the Standing Committees after introduction included; the Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2019; the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2019; the Chamber of Agriculture Bill, 2019; the Prohibition of forced Religious Conversion Bill, 2019; the Eradication of Riba Bill, 2019; the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Amendment) Bill, 2019; the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019] (Article 1, 51, 59, 106, 154, 175A, 198 and 218 and two identical bills titled the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019] (Article 51 and 106).

Three bills on the agenda were deferred on request of their movers which were the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2019. [(Section 489F); the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2019.] (Section 166A, B, 176A, B, C, D, E, F and G).

A PTI lawmaker Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak withdrew her bill titled the Emigration (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

The House rejected a motion to introduce the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019] (Article 184) with majority votes. Seventy-one (71) lawmakers voted in favor of the motion while 80 voted against it.

A bill � the Naturalization (Amendment) Bill, 2019 � was not taken up due to absence of its mover.