NA passed 25 bills, enacted 22 laws in 2011
By: Sabir Shah
The performance of the 41-year old National Assembly of Pakistan could be gauged from the fact that it succeeded in passing only 25 bills during 2011, meaning thereby that it took the legislators of the country’s Lower House of Parliament nearly 15 days to propose each of these laws.
Here follows the chronology of these 25 bills passed by the members of the Lower House of the Pakistani bicameral legislature during 2011:
The Petroleum Products (Petroleum Levy) (Amendment) Act, 2011 (November 25, 2011), the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess Act, 2011 (November 25), the Bank (Nationalisation) (Amendment) Act, 2010 (November 23), the Anti-Dumping Duties (Amendment) Act, 2009 (November 23), the Islamabad Consumers Protection (Amendment) Act, 2010 (November 23), the Islamabad High Court (Amendment) Act, 2011 (November 17), the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2011 (November 17), the Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Act, 2011 (November 15), the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2011 (October 18), the National University of Modern Languages (Amendment) Act, 2011 (October 17), the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2011 (October 11), the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendments) Act, 2011 (August 11), the Finance Act, 2011 (June 22), the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission Act, 2011 (May 12), the Carriage by Air Act, 2010 (May 11), the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2011 (May 10), the General Statistics (Reorganization) Act, 2011 (April 29), The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2011 (April 28), the Federal Board of Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2010 (February 24), the National Defence University Act, 2009 (February 21), the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority Act, 2010 (February 2), the Privatisation Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2010 (February 1), the Privatisation Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2010 (January 27) and the Boilers and Pressure Vessels (Amendment) Act, 2009 (January 27, 2011).
Meanwhile, assisted by 34 Standing Committees (two of which are currently working without Chairmen or Chairpersons), 30 Federal Ministers, eight Ministers of State, six Advisors and 32 Parliamentary Secretaries, the 342-member National Assembly of Pakistan also managed to enact 22 bills into laws or acts during the eventful 2011.
Here follows the chronology of these 22 Acts:
The Gas Infrastructure Development Cess Act, 2011 (December 13), the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2011 (November 28), the National Database and Registration Authority (Amendment) Act, 2011 (November 23), the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Act, 2011 (September 24), the Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) Act, 2011 (July 15), the Finance Act, 2011 (June 29), the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission Act, 2011 (June 25), the General Statistics (Reorganization) Act, 2011 (May 28), the National Defence University Act, 2011 (May 14), the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (Reorganization and Conversion) Act, 2011 (May 10), the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2011 (May 3), the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design Act, 2011 (April 29), the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act, 2011 (April 28), the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2011 (April 18), the Federal Board of Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2011 (March 29), the Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 2011 (March 29), the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority Act, 2011 (March 9), the West Pakistan Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers and Sound Amplifiers (Amendment) Act, 2011 (February 17), the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act, 2011 (February 10), the Pakistan Engineering Council (Amendment) Act, 2011 (January 20) and the Constitution (19th Amendment) Act, 2010 (January 1, 2011).
Source: The News
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