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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