FAFEN Parliament Monitor – 4th Session Provincial Assembly of Punjab Report

The fourth session of Punjab Assembly was marked by passage of six bills including the Local Government Bill 2013 amid protests and walkouts, says FAFEN Parliament Monitor – 4th Session Provincial Assembly of Punjab report. The session also witnessed the passage of opposition-backed resolution against drone attacks. Thirty-eight legislators debated the local government bill in three sittings of the session. The opposition benches opposed the passage of the bill, saying the non-party election to elect local governments is a violation of the constitution.

In protest the members on the opposition benches attended the sittings wearing black armbands. After the session, the two opposition parties – PPPP and PTI – in the Punjab Assembly challenged the local bodies’ law in the Lahore High Court, seeking party-based elections.

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