Public Representation’s Law (Amendment) Bill-2019 passed in 21 days

Lahore : Punjab Assembly has passed The Punjab Public Representation’s Law (Amendment) Bill-2019 after completing all legal process in 21 days.

According to a press release of the Punjab Assembly, describing the impression of haste in the passage of the bill it has been stated as per details that 22 days earlier 5 MPAs including two PML(N), one PPP and two Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf Members had submitted the Public Representation Laws Amendment Bill which was afterwards introduced in the Assembly on the Private Members Day and it was referred to the Standing Committee on Law which discussed the bill clause wise in its meeting, the Standing Committee also undertook comparison with the salaries of the Chief Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Ministers and Members of the Khyber Pukhtoonkhwah Assembly, along with the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Law it was again presented in the Assembly on March 13, 2019 which was approved by both sides of the House including the treasury and opposition benches whereas present Punjab Assembly has so far passed 13 laws of public welfare and this number is the maximum as compared to the other assemblies.