It is proposed that the teaching of the Quran become “compulsory in universities.”
A bill to further modify the State Bank Act of 1956 was also passed by the Senate.
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously approved a resolution urging the teaching of the Holy Quran with translation, tajweed, and tafseer to be made mandatory in all universities for students of all disciplines, without including it in exams or awarding additional points to keep the emphasis on acquiring learning and knowledge.
Another resolution was adopted by the upper chamber of parliament with the intention of ensuring that the future generations have a thorough understanding of the Seerat of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).
Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of the Jamaat-e-Islami made the motions for both resolutions, claiming that they were in accordance with the constitution.
A second bill to further alter the State Bank Act of 1956 was approved by the Senate with a majority vote.
Members of the Senate who had been suspended by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) were told to leave the meeting by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, and they did so.
Sanjrani presided over the meeting as its chairman.
The murder of former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Abdul Latif Afridi was denounced by law minister Azam Nazir Tarar. He added there shouldn’t be any carelessness in the murder inquiry.
Shehzad Waseem, the leader of the opposition, expressed his concern over the holdup in the local government election results in Karachi.
Waseem claimed that the Karachi LG elections saw the worst rigging and hooliganism.
In order to further revise the State Bank Act of 1956, Senator Mohsin Aziz claimed that banks believed Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) to be unsuitable for business.
He said, “There are severe requirements for loans.”
Senators from the government were against the bill. On the other hand, voting on the bill was done at the opposition leader’s request, and it received 26 votes in favour and 20 votes against.
The bill to further alter the State Bank Act of 1956 was approved by the Senate.
Additionally, the Senate unanimously approved the Members of Parliament Privileges and Immunities Bill, 2022, which aims to make it easier for lawmakers to fulfil their constitutional obligations in unusual circumstances and to stop any members from being arrested in violation of any law relating to preventive detention.
Raza Rabbani, a PPP senator, introduced the bill.
In accordance with clauses four and five, the chairman or speaker must be notified within 24 hours of the filing of a FIR or reference against a member.
According to Clause 6, the member of parliament must be brought before the sergeant-at-arms upon receipt of a production order signed by any authorised officer. The sergeant-at-arms will then hand the MP back into custody following the conclusion of the meeting or the sitting.
Senator Sherry Rehman said the international community praised Pakistan’s leadership and diplomatic efforts during COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh and the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva in response to a question regarding the official visits of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. It is obvious that the PTI cannot recognise Pakistan’s achievement on the world stage.
“It is the foreign minister’s role to take Pakistan out of the international isolation that the PTI has put the country into,” she remarked in reference to the foreign trips. The foreign minister is paying his own expenses for the first time in Pakistan’s history, according to the minister of the environment.
The Senate adjourned till Tuesday morning at 11am.
