ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has accorded his assent to three bills earlier passed by parliament, the Presidency said in a press release on Tuesday.
The bills included Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Bill, 2022; Anti-Dumping Duties (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and Trade Organisations (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The bills, approved under Article 75 of the Constitution, became laws after the assent.
On Aug 1, the National Assembly passed Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Bill, 2022, with certain amendments, to criminalise and prevent torture, custodial death and rape committed against persons in custody of public officials.
The amendments authorised the National Commission for Human Rights along with the FIA to register complaints of the aggrieved.
In the Anti-Dumping Duties (Amendment) Bill, 2022, Chinese firms have been exempted from anti-dumping duty for products used in building Gwadar’s new airport. The third bill, Trade Organisations (Amendment) Bill 2022, defines purpose, role, responsibilities and operational framework, including code of corporate governance, for organisations. It also empowers the federal government to regulate trade organisations’ operations.
Published in Dawn, November 2nd, 2022