Islamabad, February 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):71st meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance was held today under the Chairmanship of Mr. Faiz Ullah, MNA, in the Constitution Room (old Committee Room No. 5), 2nd floor Parliament House. The meeting commenced with recitation from the Holy Quran. The Committee offered fatiha for late Malik Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar, father of Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, member of Standing Committee on Finance.
The Bill titled “The Modaraba Companies (Floatation and Operations) (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Government Bill)” was deferred till the next meeting of the Committee, as requested by the concerned department. The Committee discussed the Bill titled “The State-owned Enterprises (Governance and Operations) Bill 2021 (Government Bill), and decided to defer the Bill till the next meeting of the Committee.
The Bill titled “The Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Government Bill)” was presented before the Committee and Committee decided to defer the Bill till its next meeting for further deliberation.
The Chief Executive Officer, EXIM Bank, briefed the Committee regarding the bank’s establishment, capital, purpose and power, management and accounts and finance. The Bill titled “The Export-Import Bank of Pakistan Bill, 2021 (Government Bill) was also discussed and the Committee decided to defer the Bill till its next meeting for thorough study of the Bill by the Member of Committee and their valuable input.
Hon. Members/MNAs Mr. Sadaqat Ali Khan Abbasi, Makhdoom Syed Sami-ul-Hassan Gillani, Mr. Jamil Ahmed Khan, Mr. Faheem Khan, Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Chaudhary Khalid Javed, Mr. Ali Pervaiz, Dr. Aisha Ghous Pasha, Dr. Nafisa Shah, Syed Naveed Qamar, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar and the senior officers from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Commerce, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, EXIM Bank attended the meeting.
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