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All reservations addressed before passing bill

By our correspondents
February 25, 2016

LAHORE: Chief Minister’s Special Monitoring Unit (Law and Order)’s initiative of the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Bill-2015 came on the agenda of the Punjab Assembly Wednesday for voting after holding numerous meetings to thoroughly address and incorporate all reservations of members of civil society, leaders of the opposition, and members of the committee. 

Minister Population Welfare, minister Women Development, minister Social Welfare, Law minister, female MPAs and women caucus lent their support throughout for the approval of this historic bill.