{"id":118676,"date":"2025-01-24T15:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=118676"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:18:28","slug":"joint-sitting-of-parliament-passes-four-bills-defers-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/joint-sitting-of-parliament-passes-four-bills-defers-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint sitting of Parliament passes four bills, defers four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Jan 24  :The Joint Sitting of the Parliament here on Friday passed four bills including [The Trade Organizations (Amendment) Bill, 2021] with majority votes.<br \/>\nThe other bills included, the Bill further to amend the Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950 [The Imports and Exports (Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2023], the Bill to provide for the establishment of the National Institute of Technology [The National Institute of Technology Bill, 2024] and the Bill to provide for the establishment of National Excellence Institute [The National Excellence Institute Bill, 2024]. The bills in the house were tabled by Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, MNA Zehra Wadood Fatmi and Senator Manzoor Ahmed.<br \/>\nThe Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that unfortunately no body opposed from the opposition of these   bills.<br \/>\nThe speaker adjourned the joint sitting of the parliament till February 12, 2025. Another four bills including the National Commission for Human Development (Amendment) Bill, 2023], the NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology Multan (Amendment) Bill, 2023], the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Islamabad (Amendment) Bill, 2023] and the National Skills University Islamabad (Amendment) Bill, 2023] were deferred on the request of Minister for Federal Education Professional Training Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 :The Joint Sitting of the Parliament here on Friday passed four bills including [The Trade Organizations (Amendment) Bill, 2021] with majority votes. 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