8 bills smoothly sail through Joint Sitting of Parliament

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ISLAMABAD, Sep 16 (TNS): The Joint Session of Parliament on Wednesday passed eight bills, which were either rejected by the Senate or pending there after passage from the National Assembly.

The bills were passed by the National Assembly but rejected in Senate where numerical strength of the opposition members is high than the treasury lawmakers.

Advisor to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Zaheer ud-Din Babar Awan piloted six bills while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf member Faheem Khan and Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari moved the Anti-Terrorism (Third Amendment) Bill, 2020 and the ICT Rights of Persons with Disability Bill 2020 in the House respectively.