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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Raza Rabbani today (Monday) has tabled a constitutional amendment bill, which aims to bring the powers of the Senate at par with the National Assembly.
Speaking during the Senate session, Rabbani said that Senate does not have the same powers as the National Assembly. “Both houses should have the same powers,” the Senator added.
He called for an amendment in the Articles 57, 62, 72, 73, 86, 89, 126, 159, 160, 162, 166 of the Constitution. He also asked for allowing the chief minister of the province to speak in the house and barring senators from having their votes moved to another constituency.
Later, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani handed over the bill to the committee concerned. During the session, Sanjrani also assured a forensic investigation of the spycam fiasco.
Meanwhile, the upper house of Parliament also passed a resolution regarding increased efforts in vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus. The resolution urged the government to provide either free of cost anti-corona vaccine to the general public or as per original international market price.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation to Prime Minister Senator Sania Nishtar said the pandemic was a national security issue and “we should deal with it keeping politics aside”.
Sania Nishtar further said the government successfully dealt with the first two waves of the virus keeping in view the lives and livelihood of citizens.
