Elections (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 laid in Senate

ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (APP):Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan Thursday laid before the Senate the Elections (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 (Ordinance No.I of 2019) aimed at delimitation of newly allocated general seats for erstwhile FATA in Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
During the proceedings, the House granted period of 60 working days with effect from January 30, for presentation of report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding arrest of a Pakistani citizen in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to expiry of his visa.

Similarly, the House granted further 60 days for presentation of report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding provision of relief to a person belonging to Balochistan imprisoned in UAE.
Senator Mian Attiq Sheikh on behalf of Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Senator Mushahid
Hussain Sayed sought extension for the presentation of both reports.
Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani deferred the calling attention notice of Senator Lt Gen (R) Abdul
Qayyum who had drawn attention of Minister for Railways towards delay in revival of hundred years old Mandra-Chakwal-Bhoun Railway line which was resulting in extra load on road network and mass scale encroachment of precious railway land.
Sixty students and faculty members of National Institute of Pakistan Studies of Quaid-e-Azam University
watched the proceedings of Senate.