Senate adopts resolution terming 5th August as Black Day

Islamabad: The House unanimously passed a resolution terming the 5th August a black day when the BJP government abrogated Article 35-A of the Indian constitution to take away autonomy of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The House rejected Indian Illegal actions of 5th August 2019 which was direct violation of the UNSC resolution and aimed at changing demographic structure.

The House also passed “The Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill, 2023”, “The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023”, “The Federal Ziauddin University Bill, 2023” and “The Protection of Family Life and Wedlock Bill, 2023, “The Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2023”, and “The Prime University of Nursing, Sciences and Technology (PUNST) Islamabad Bill, 2022.

Earlier, several bills were introduced in the House.

These include;  “The Societies Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2023”,  “The Islamabad University of Communication and Emerging Sciences Bill, 2023”, “The Akhuwat Institute Kasur Bill, 2023”, “The National University of Health, Emerging Science and Technologies Islamabad Bill, 2023”,  “The Kalam Bibi International Women Institute Bannu (Amendment) Bill, 2023”, “The Metropolitan International Institute of Science and Technology Bill, 2023”, “The Askari Institute of Higher Education Bill, 2023”, “The Mufti-e-Azam Islamic University, Islamabad Bill, 2023”, “The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2022”, “The Sheikhupura Institute of Advance Sciences Bill, 2023”, “The RAVI Institute (RI) Bill, 2023”, “The Islamabad International University Bill, 2023”, “The Cosmic Institute of Science and Technologies Islamabad (CISTI) Bill, 2023”, “The Shah Bano Institute Jaranwala Bill, 2023”, “The Margalla International University Bill, 2023”, “The Indus University of Science and Technology Bill, 2023”, “The Thar International Institute Bill, 2023”, “The Promotion and Protection of Gandhara Culture Authority Bill, 2023”, “The Khunsa (Intersex) Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2023”, “The Rain Water Harvesting Facility in Urban Areas Bill, 2023”, “The Rehribaan (Street Vendors) Livelihood Protection Bill, 2023”, “The Islamabad Capital Territory Students Unions Bill, 2023”, “The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2023,  “The Rahim Jan University Bill, 2023”, “The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Bill, 2022”, “The International Memon University Bill, 2023”, “The Babrak Institute of Science, Arts and Technology Bill, 2023”, “The Institute of Gujrat (IOG) Bill, 2023”, “The Institute of Health and Professional Studies Bill, 2023”, “The University of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Bill, 2023”, “The Monarch Institute Bill, 2023”, “The King’s Institute of Higher Education Bill, 2023”, “The Bulleh Shah International University Bill, 2023”, “The Islamabad Institute of Modern Sciences Bill, 2023”, The Quaid-e-Azam Institute of Management Sciences, Sargodha Bill, 2023”, “The Al-Biruni International University Bill, 2023”, “The Islamabad University of Health Sciences and Emerging Technologies Islamabad Bill, 2023.”

The Chair referred the bills to the Standing Committee concerned.