NA passes five bills related to finance, defence

ISLAMABAD, May 24 (APP):The National Assembly Thursday passed with majority of the vote, four bills related
to nationalization of banks, investment corporation, State Bank of Pakistan
Banking Service Corporation and agricultural and commercial loans.
The bills including the Banks
(Nationalization) (Amendment) Bill, 2018, the Investment Corporation of
Pakistan (Repeal) Bill, 2018, the SBP Banking Services Corporation (Amendment)
Bill, 2017 and the Loans for Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Purposes
(Amendment) Bill, 2017 were moved by State Minister for Finance, Rana Mohammad
Afzal in the house.
The house passed a bill further to amend
the Banks (Nationalization) Act 1974 [the Banks (Nationalization) (Amendment)
Bill, 2018].
The National Assembly also passed the bill
to repeal the Investment Corporation of Pakistan Ordinance, 1966 [the
Investment Corporation of Pakistan (Repeal) bill, and the bill further to amend
the SBP Banking Services Corporation Ordinance, 2001 [The SBP Banking Service
Corporation (Amendment) bill 2017].
The house also passed the bill further
to amend the Loans for Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Purposes Act,
1973 in its application to such areas in the Federation as are not included in
any province [The Loans for Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Purposes (Amendment)
Bill, 2017.
Meanwhile, the house also passed a
bill to provide for constitution and regulation of the Joint Maritime
Information Organization (The Joint Maritime Information Organization Bill,
2018] with some partial amendments proposed by the opposition member Dr Shireen
Mazari.
The bill was moved in house by Minister
for Defence and Foreign Affairs, Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan.
State Minister for Finance, Rana
Muhammad Afzal also laid before the house the Second Quarterly report of the Board
of Directors of the State Bank of Pakistan on the state of Pakistan’s Economy
for the year 2017-18 as required by Section 9A(2) of the State Bank of Pakistan
Act, 1956.