Opposition has shown responsible attitude in NA: Fawad Chaudhry
Opposition has shown responsible attitude in NA: Fawad Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday has said that opposition parties have shown responsible attitude in National Assembly (NA) over military-related amendment bills.
Talking to media, the minister said that the amendment bill will become law after getting approved from Senate today. We have to respect all the national institutions including judiciary and Parliament, he added.
Welcoming the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) decision for taking back its amendments regarding Army Act Amendment Bill, he said that PPP proved to be a mature political party.
As per the Constitution of 1973, he said that tenure for the post of Chief Army Staff (COAS) was not fixed so that prime minister could make new appointment or re-appoint on the post.
He said the government was in contact with the opposition parties for legislation about the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), adding that a meeting between both the sides would be held shortly.
Earlier today, NA had approved the amendment bills regarding extension in the tenure of the services chiefs and chairman of joint chiefs of the staff committee.
Voting was held on all three Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2020, the Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) Bill 2020 and the Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill 2020 under the supervision of NA Speaker Asad Qaiser.
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan was also present in the assembly.
At the start of the session, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak requested the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to withdraw their recommendations regarding amendments in the bills over which, PPP MNA Naveed Qamar took back the suggestions.
Religious parties Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) didn’t participate in the voting process and walked out of the NA declaring it as "fake".
Subsequently, the session was adjourned till 4pm on Wednesday.
