LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed two government bills.
Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan presented the bills including the Punjab Revenue Authority (Second Amendment) Bill 2016 and the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Second Amendment) Bill 2016.
Seven lawmakers took part in the discussion on the bills. The chair rejected all the amendments proposed by the opposition members. Earlier, the session was started with Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal in the chair.
Punjab Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Minister Malik Tanvir Aslam Awan told the House that the government had accomplished a number of projects for coping with the challenges of urban governance, planning, infrastructure, environment and housing. He said that hefty funds had been allocated for development of villages and cities.
“The government had initiated the project of installation of water filtration plants at a cost of Rs 17 billion for provision of potable water to the masses,” he said.
Responding to a question, the minister said that 38 water filtration plants had been installed in Multan and the area’s Town Municipal Administration had been assigned the duty of operation and maintenance of these filtration plants. The lawmakers also asked 22 supplementary questions.
The Standing Committee on Local Government presented its reports. Moreover, the House also granted extension in time to the Standing Committees on Local Government, Excise and Taxation, Forestry and Wildlife and Labour and Human Resource Housing and Urban for presentation of their reports.
The House deferred four adjournment motions submitted by lawmakers regarding climate change, spread of hepatitis and diabetes and commercialisation of residential areas. The opposition members boycotted the session but returned after getting an assurance from the Punjab’s Law minister.
