Islamabad : The Senate on Thursday passed \u201cThe Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2020\u201d and \u201cThe United Nations (Security Council) (Amendment) Bill, 2020\u201d. The bills were moved by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan.
\nEarlier, Chairman Standing Committee of the Upper House on Law and Justice Javed Abbasi presented reports on these bills.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the occasion, he said the opposition was not against legislation related to FATF to fulfill Pakistan\u2019s international obligations. He said Opposition\u2019s only concern was that no legislation can be used against the citizens of Pakistan.
\nJaved Abbasi thanked the Law Minister and the government side for incorporating amendments proposed by the Opposition for the legislation.
\nForeign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi thanked the Senate members for approving the legislation related to FATF and foiling the Indian designs to push Pakistan towards FATF\u2019s black list.
\nSpeaking on floor of the House, he said Pakistan has undertaken this legislation in compliance of its obligations to implement International Court of Justice\u2019s judgment in Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav case.
\nRegarding issuance of International Court of Justice (Review and Re-consideration) Ordinance, 2020, the Foreign Minister said it was also a step to fulfill Pakistan\u2019s international obligations. He dispelled the impression that any concession has been granted to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav by making new laws.
\nShah Mahmood expressed the confidence that after this legislation Pakistan will come out of the FATF grey list as it has fulfilled all the requirements in this respect.
\nMinister for Communications Murad Saeed said the NHA has officially approved the design of Dir-Chitral road and construction work on this project will start from March next year.
\nResponding to the points, he said the project is part of the PSDP 2020-21 and work on its feasibility has started. The Minister said in the next Joint Coordination Committee of CPEC we will stress on the completion of more projects of western route. The House has now been prorogued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad : The Senate on Thursday passed \u201cThe Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2020\u201d and \u201cThe United Nations (Security Council) (Amendment) Bill, 2020\u201d. The bills were moved by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan. Earlier, Chairman Standing Committee of the Upper House on Law and Justice Javed Abbasi presented reports on these bills. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n