NA body recommends to pass “Legal Aid and Justice Authority Bill, 2019

ISLAMABAD, Jul 03 (APP):National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Wednesday recommended “The Legal Aid and Justice Authority Bill, 2019(Government Bill) to pass.

The committee under the Chairmanship of Riaz Fatyana, Member National Assembly after detail deliberations on the draft bill, recommended that the Bill would be passed by the Assembly.

The Committee also considered the Bill “The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Section 4) (Government Bill)”and “The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Section 7) (Government Bill)”.

After detail deliberationsthe Committee recommended that the Bill might be deferred till next meeting with observation that a written report from the National Commission on status of Women be obtained and their representative also be invited in the next meeting in addition to the representative of the Council of Islamic Ideology.