The government successfully passed four bills during joint parliamentary session despite Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders strong objection, on Friday.
During this session Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders strongly condemned these bills.
PTI lawmakers entered the chamber holding placards and chanting slogans like “PECA Act unacceptable” and “Oppression of journalists unacceptable.” Journalists, who were protesting the recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, wore black armbands while covering the session.
Opposition Leader Omar Ayub’s request to address a point of order was denied by NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. At this refusal opposition lawmakers stood on their seats, shout slogans, and ripped up copies of the legislative agenda.
In this joint session, the government passed four bills, the Trade Organisations (Amendment) Bill 2021, the Imports and Exports Regulatory (Amendment) Bill 2023, the National Excellence Institute Bill 2024 and , the National Institute of Technology Bill 2024.
However, four other bills — the National Commission for Human Development (Amendment) Bill 2023, NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology Multan (Amendment) Bill 2023, National Skills University Islamabad (Amendment) Bill 2023, and Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science, and Technology Islamabad (Amendment) Bill 2023 — were deferred.
The session lasted only 18 minutes. Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived after the session had concluded.
