The US Congress on Thursday passed landmark legislation to protect same-sex marriage under federal law, and President Joe Biden has vowed to quickly sign the measure. The vote in the House of Representatives saw 39 Republicans join a united Democratic majority in a rare show of bipartisanship, provoking loud cheers on the floor less than […]
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Bill moved in Senate to improve living standard of transgender persons
ISLAMABAD: A private members’ bill was moved in Senate on Monday seeking amendments in the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2018 aimed to reduce suffering, improve standard of living and bring reform in the lives of the deprived segment of society. The Bill moved by Senator Fawzai Arshad, was seeking amendments in definitions […]
KP Assembly passes amendment bill allowing use of helicopter by ministers, civil servants
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was Tuesday informed through KP Ministers Salaries, Allowances and Privileges (Amendment), Bill 2022 that the “Chief Minister may allow a minister or public servant to use an aircraft or helicopter of government for official use at government expenses”. The bill was moved by Minister for Labour Shaukat Ali Yousafzai in […]
President returns Elections (Amendment) bill 2022 unsigned
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has returned the Elections (Amendment) EVM/OP bill 2022 unsigned after citing certain reasons and recording his observations. The president said that he had been pursuing the issue of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Overseas Pakistanis Voting (OP) with all the governments, in the parliament, as well as at the Supreme […]
Senate passes National Accountability (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday unanimously passed the National Accountability (Second Amendment), Bill, 2022, with having amendments in various sections of previous the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999. The bill was moved by Minister for Law and Justice, Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar, which was unanimously passed by the house. As per the amendments of section 4 […]
Senate refers six bills to committees
ISLAMABAD: The Senate of Pakistan on Monday witnessed the introduction of six bills which were referred to the relevant committees for further deliberations. The bills included, the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Control of Narcotic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2022, (Amendment of Article 61),the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, […]
White House threatens to veto aid bill for migrant families
The White House is threatening to veto a $4.5 billion House bill aimed at improving the treatment of migrant families detained after crossing the US southern border, saying the measure would hamstring the administration’s border security efforts and raising fresh questions about the legislation’s fate. The warning came as Hispanic and liberal Democrats press House […]
Australian government boosts Senate numbers ahead of tax cut bill
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will need to secure just three votes in the country’s upper house to pass legislation after election results on Wednesday showed his government picked up four additional Senate seats. Morrison’s position will be tested when he seeks to pass his major re-election policy of A$158 billion in tax cuts when […]
Karachi Forced conversions bill
Sir: PTI MNA Rumesh Kumar presented a bill in the National Assembly on March 26 to end forced conversions in Pakistan. However, the manner in which the term forced conversions’ has been applied in the aforementioned bill is troubling. According to the bill, any conversion under the age of 18 to Islam should be deemed […]
Macron signs into law controversial ‘anti-rioters’ bill
French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law legislation giving security forces greater powers at demonstrations that opponents claim violates civil liberties, the official journal said Thursday. The bill, which was approved by lawmakers in February, aims to crack down on violence that has marred the “yellow vest” protest movement, which has rocked France since […]