March 07 , 2016
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MPs demand new provisions in Indus treaty with India
Senators want more water for Pakistani rivers after treaty’s revision
ISLAMABAD – Senators through a resolution recommended that the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-distribution treaty between Pakistan and India, be revisited in order to make new provisions in the treaty so that Pakistan may get more water for its rivers.The treaty, brokered by the World Bank, was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960 by then president Muhammad Ayub Khan and India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. “Indus Waters Treaty be revisited in order to make new provisions in the treaty so that Pakistan may get more water for its rivers,” the resolution said.
On Monday, the Senate passed Domestic Workers (Employment Rights) Bill, 2015, moved by Senator Osman Saifullah. The House adopted a resolution recommending that the government should increase the profit rates of the National Saving Schemes particularly on those relating to pensioners and senior citizens. It was moved by Salahuddin Tirmizi and Muhammad Javed Abbasi.
In another resolution, the House recommended that a day care centre for the children of female employees should be established in every federal government institution. The House also passed a resolution recommending that the government to buy electronic voting machines for the Election Commission of Pakistan.
Speaking on the resolution, State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmad said that the Election Commission has already procured four hundred electronic voting machines. These would be used in by-election and the local government elections and the experiment if proved successful then three hundred thousand machines would be procured.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk