ISLAMABAD: A total of 33 bills were passed during the joint sitting of the parliament on Wednesday.

The titles of the bills are as follows:

  1. The Elections (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021

  2. The International Court of Justice (Review and Re-consideration) Bill, 2021)

  3. The Islamabad Capital Territory Charities Registration, Regulation and Facilitation Bill, 2021

  4. The SBP Banking Services Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  5. The National College of Arts Institute Bill, 2021

  6. The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Amendment in Section 4)

  7. The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (Amendment in Section 7)

  8. The Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Bill, 2021

  9. The Hyderabad Institute for Technical and Management Sciences Bill, 2021

  10. The Islamabad Rent Restriction (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  11. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  12. The Corporate Restructuring Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  13. The Financial Institutions (Secured Transactions) (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  14. The Federal Public Service Commission (Validation of Rules) Bill, 2021

  15. The University of Islamabad Bill, 2021

  16. The Loans for Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Purposes (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  17. The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  18. The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  19. The Pakistan Academy of Letters (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  20. The Port Qasim Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  21. The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  22. The Gwadar Port Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  23. The Maritime Security Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  24. The Emigration (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  25. The Privatization Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  26. COVID-19 (Prevention of Hoarding) Bill, 2021

  27. The Al-Karam International Institute Bill, 2021

  28. The Islamabad Capital Territory Prohibition of Corporal Punishment Bill, 2021

  29. The Islamabad Capital Territory Food Safety Bill, 2021

  30. The Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  31. The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  32. The Provincial Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2021

  33. The Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

Published in Dawn, November 18th, 2021

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