LAHORE: The Punjab government on Friday passed different bills, including the Punjab Home-Based Workers Bill 2021, amid protest from the opposition.
The other bills passed by the government included the Punjab Shops and Establishment (Amendment Bill 2021), the Companies Profits (Workers Participation) (Amendment Bill 2020), the Punjab Overseas Pakistanis Commission Bill 2020, the Punjab Apprenticeship Bill 2021, the Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Bill 2021, the Punjab Educational Institution (Reconstitution) Bill 2021 and the University of Child Health Sciences, Lahore, Bill 2021.
The session started with a delay of nearly two hours. Panel of Chairman Mian Shafi Muhammad chaired the session. Malik Ahmed Khan while speaking on the point of order said that government was bulldozing the rules to make legislation of its choice. Law Minister Raja Basharat while responding to the PML-N MPA said that all the bills were being passed in accordance with the rules. He said the process of legislation could not suffer if someone did not show interest in attending the meeting of Standing Committees. Later, the session was prorogued.
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