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NA continues 18th amendment bill debate
ISLAMABAD: The debate on 18th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2010 is underway in National Assembly.Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza is chairing the session. Opening the debate, Dr.Farooq Sattar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said strong provinces are mandatory for strong Pakistan. Sindh is the highest Sales Tax payer province whereas Punjab gets the major share of the tax on the basis of population.
He demanded that Sales Tax should be handed over to provinces and said that MQM has no objection on Sarikai province; however, new provinces should be made by making constitutional amendment and with simple majority of the parliament.
Minority member Kishan Chand Parvani said he is supporting constitutional amendments but protests for not including minority member in constitutional reforms committee.
The member of PML-Q Shah Jahan Yousuf staged walk out against change of name of NWFP to Pakhtoonkhawa.
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