Islamabad, February 17, 2022 (PPI-OT):65th meeting of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice was held today under the Chairmanship of Mr. Riaz Fatyana, MNA at 11:00 A.M. in Committee Room No. 7, (4th Floor), Parliament House, Islamabad.

The meeting started with recitation from the Holy Quran. Before the start of the meeting the Committee welcomed the new member Mr. Mehboob Shah MNA, to the Committee. The Committee unanimously confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting held on 24th November, 2021 and deferred the agenda No. 2 till its next meeting.

The Committee considered the Bills “The National Accountability (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021 Ordinance No. XXIII of 2021” and “The National Accountability (Third Amendment) Bill, 2021 Ordinance No. XXVI of 2021”.

After detailed deliberations the Committee with majority recommended that the Bills may be passed by the Assembly. The members from the opposition expressed their intent to submit a note of dissent. After voting on both Bills, Members of the opposition left the meeting under protest. The Committee considered “The budgetary proposals of the Ministry of law and justice on PSDP for the financial years 2022-2023, and approved the same.

During meeting the Hon. Chairman appreciated the performance of the Ministry of law and justice, especially the Minister, for the introduction of the almost 750 amendments in civil and criminal laws. It was also recommended by the committee that the booklet of these legal reforms be circulated among all members of the Committee for perusal.

During the deliberations the Committee appointed the following sub-committee with the following TOR’s. However, the said committee will start functioning after the conclusion of the time period for the sub-Committee earlier in the field.

COMPOSITION:

Mr. Lal Chand, MNA Convener

Ms. Nafisa Shah, MNA Member

Mr. Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha MNA Member

Ms. Shunila Ruth MNA Member

TERMS OF REFERENCE:

To Review laws relating to Minority and the Child Rights;

The report of the sub-committee shall be presented not later than thirty days.

Hon. Members/MNAs/Movers Mr. Atta Ullah, Mr. Lal Chand, Mr. Muhammad Farooq Azam Malik, Ms. Kishwar Zehra, Ms. Maleeka Ali Bukhari, Mr. Mehboob Shah, Malik Muhammad Ihsan Ullah Tiwana, Mr. Junaid Akbar, Ms. Shunila Ruth, Ch. Mehmood Bashir Virk, Mr. Usman Ibraheem, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Mr. Qadir Khan Mandokhail, Ms. Nafeesa Shah, Syed Naveed Qamar, Ms. Aliya Kamran, Minister for Law and Justice, and Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice, along with their staff attended the meeting.

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