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18th Amendment Bill not presented in Senate
ISLAMABAD: 18th Amendment Bill was not presented in the upper house of the Parliament today after the National Assembly approved the Bill by 292 votes in favour through division of the House yesterday.The House passed the bill containing 102 clauses, rejecting a few objections moved by the members regarding the Concurrent List, renaming the NWFP, intra-party elections and women seats in the House and within parties.
The Senate met under the chair of its Chairman Farook Naek today.
Labour Minister Khursheed Shah told the House that 18th Amendment Bill would be tabled in the Senate on Monday.
Opposition members staged walk out over load shedding while PML-likeminded group staged walk out NWFP renaming issue.
Law Minister Babar Awan presented Reinstatement of Sacked Employees Ordinance.
Senate was told during question hour session that 2412 requests were pending in Federal Services Tribunal's (FST) for the last five years.
The house was later prorogued till Monday evening.
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