The National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence unanimously rejected the proposed amendment in “Pakistan Army Bill 2015”.
Meeting of the NA Body on Defence met in Committee Room of the Parliament House on Monday with MNA Shaikh Rohale in chair. Isphanyar M. Bhandara, Surriya Asghar, Syed Mustafa Mahmood, Nawab Ali Wassan, Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari, Sanjay Perwani, Kishwar Zehra, Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, Lt. (Col) (r) Ghulam Rasul Sahi, Saeed Ahmed Khan Manais and Malik Muhammad Amir Dogar, Shahida AKhtar Ali (mover) MNAs and Officers/Officials of the Defence Ministry attended the meeting.
The Standing Committee discussed the “Pakistan Army (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015” in detail and disapproved the proposed amendments in the bill unanimously.
Secretary M/o Defence briefed the Committee on the recent visit of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif to Afghanistan. The Committee also discussed the report of the Sub-Committee constituted under the Convener ship of Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq, MNA and adopted without any change.