Islamabad, January 16, 2023 (PPI-OT):The Senate resumed its session at Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday with its chairman Sadiq Sanjrani in the chair. Fourteen bills were introduced in the Senate on Monday.

These include; The Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill 2022, The Constitution Amendment Bill, 2022 (Amendment of Article 203D of the Constitution), The Constitution Amendment Bill 2022 (Amendment of Article 19 of the Constitution), The Copyright Amendment Bill 2022, The Elections Amendment Bill, 2022, The Federal Investigation Agency Amendment Bill 2022, The International Islamic University Amendment Bill 2022, The Criminal Laws Amendment Bill 2022, The Easements Amendment Bill 2022, The Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order Amendment Bill 2022, The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Amendment Bill 2022, The Criminal Laws Amendment Bill, 2022 and The Harbour Institute of Management, Sciences and Technology Bill, 2022.

The chair referred the bills to the standing committees concerned. The House passed the State Bank of Pakistan Amendment Bill, 2021. The bill was introduced by Senator Mohsin Raza. Twenty-six members voted in favour of the bill and twenty Senators opposed it while two members abstained from voting.

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