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Senate passes four bills including National Accountability amendment bill 2021
November 19, 2021

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan says the government is coordinating with the US authorities for repatriation of Saifullah Paracha and some other Pakistanis from Guantanamo Bay.

Responding to a question during Question House in the Senate today, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan has always been raising voice for the people handed over to the US during the Afghan war.

Responding to another question, he said seven new educational institutes will be constructed in Islamabad territory. He said 230 new class rooms are built in thirty one institutes of the capital.

The Minister said the federal government provided over 39 billion rupees to public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last three years.

The House passed four bills today.

These include; "The Higher Education Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021", The Higher Education Commission (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021", "National Accountability  amendment bill 2021", and "the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill, 2021".

The House has been prorogued.