Senate’s 91st session witnessed the passage of 24th constitutional amendment bill calling for creating another province out of the Punjab besides amending the anti-terrorism law twice and giving go ahead to a bill on setting up an authority to counter terrorism.

The session from 18 February to 14 March 2013 lasted 36 hours and 14 minutes. On average, each of the 17 sittings lasted two hours and seven minutes, starting 49 minutes late. Overall the upper house passed 15 bills including four private members’ bills. A private member’s bill introduced by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate “to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution” by NGOs “for any activities detrimental to the national interest” was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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