Pointing out of lack of minimum attendance in NA, rivals blocks passage of proposal seeking to upgrade FC to federal force
ISLAMABAD: The rivals on Thursday blocked the passage of a proposal seeking the transformation of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) — a frontier
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Pointing out of lack of minimum attendance in NA, rivals blocks passage of proposal seeking to upgrade FC to federal force
ISLAMABAD: The rivals on Thursday blocked the passage of a proposal seeking the transformation of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) — a frontier protection force — into the Federal Constabulary due to a lack of minimum attendance in the National House.
The progress coincided with the lapse of an executive statute promulgated by the head in July last year, empowering the central governing body to transform the FC into the Federal Constabulary to maintain statute and command, supplement the protection application of statute bodies and address the diverse protection needs in a coordinated manner.
Secretary of Province for Interior Tallal Chaudhry, who moved the proposal in the House today, separately informed Dawn that the executive statute was extended for 120 days in November and lapsed today.
The secretary, however, expressed optimism that the proposal will be passed by both Houses of Legislature in the upcoming sessions, which he stated would most likely be convened after Eid.
Earlier, he moved the proposal in the House through a supplementary agenda amid a demonstration from the rivals. Consequently, the legislative process had to be halted midway through balloting on the proposal, and even as several amendments to its various clauses, proposed by PPP’s Syed Naveed Qamar, were approved.
One of the key amendments moved by Qamar and approved by the House was the addition of a clause to subject the deployment of the FC to a request by the province concerned.
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