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NA passes Finance Supplementary (Amendment) Bill 2018

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October 03, 2018: National Assembly has passed the Finance Supplementary (Amendment) Bill, 2018, rejecting opposition’s amendments with majority vote on Wednesday, 3rd October.

The Bill was moved by Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Asad Umer.

Opposition member Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah challenged amendments in Clause 2 and demanded head count, to which 158 voted in favour of clause 2 while 120 opposed it.

The supplementary finance bill omitted the sub clause (2) and sub clause (4) (a) in paragraph (a) sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and remaining paragraphs shall be renumbered, accordingly; and (b) in sub clause (4), paragraph (b) shall be omitted.

The House rejected the amendments proposed by Abdul Qadir Patel, Shahida Rehmani and Shagufta Jumani.

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Posted on: 2018-10-03T16:43:00+05:00

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