A bill seeking enhancement of women judges in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was referred to the concerned committee for further deliberation by the National Assembly on Tuesday.
While presenting an IHC Amendment Bill, 2016 in Parliament, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Member National Assembly Saman Sultana Jafri said that women are not directly inducted in the Supreme Court (SC) while they are firstly appointed in the high court then they are further promoted.
Federal Law Minister Zahid Hamid informed the parliamentarians that a bill regarding enhancement of women representation in the SC had already been rejected by the standing committee.
The NA speaker has referred the bill to the committee concerned.
Meanwhile, a bill seeking more amendments in the National Accountability Bureau ordinance was also referred to the committee concerned for further consideration.
The bill was jointly presented by MQM parliamentary leader Dr Farooq Sattar, Kanwar Naveed, Sheikh Salahuddin, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Hussain Iqbal Noori. Other political parties in the Parliament also supported the ordinance.
