Gwadar Port: NA bill stalled since September

Federal lawmakers have been deferring the bill in violation of rules against the lapsing of bills on the agenda.

ISLAMABAD: Federal lawmakers have been deferring the Gwadar Port Authority bill in every session of the National Assembly since September, in violation of rules against the lapsing of bills on the agenda, a senior official said on Saturday. “A bill once tabled never lapses because there is no provision in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly,” Deputy Secretary National Assembly Mushtaq Ahmed told The Express Tribune.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 16^th, 2012.