Senate Passes Services Acts Amendment Bills
The Senate has passed the three bills concerning the tenure of the three services chiefs, chief of army staff, chief of air staff and chief of naval staff and the chairman of the joint chief of staff committee, on Wednesday.
The three bills introduced in the House were the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2020, the Pakistan Air force (Amendment) Bill 2020 and the Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill 2020, were approved by the house’s standing committee on defence yesterday, were moved for voting, one after the other, by Defence Minister Pervez Khattak.
These bills determine the tenure, reappointment or extension in tenure of the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
The Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) Bill, 2020, The Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 were presented before the Senate and referred to the Standing Committee concerned. pic.twitter.com/LsWgeuD0Wt
— Senate of Pakistan (@SenatePakistan) January 7, 2020
Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani read out the bills clause by clause and recording senators’ votes from a verbal call of ‘ayes’ and ‘noes’.
The Senate chairman adjourned the session as soon as the bills were passed. Now nations’ eyes are set on the President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi, who will now sign on the bills to formalize them into law.
