ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously passed the Criminal Act
(amendment) Bill 2011 which was earlier passed by the National Assembly.
Senator Neelofar Bakhtiar moved the bill, highlighting the
issue of acid throwing on women, where the women survivors of these
incidents were also present in the gallery to hear the discussion on the
said bill.
The mover of the bill said that there were 53 cases
of acid throwing on innocent women in 2009, while 65 in 2010 and 160
until November 2011 have been reported, which showed gradual increase in
such incidents.
She also requested the house to pass the bill
without discussion as it was the matter of common interest. Following
the request of the mover, all Senators present in the house not only
appreciated the efforts of the Neelofar Bakhtiar, civil society
organisations and victims of the acid-throwing incidents to present such
bill in the house rather unanimously passed it without any discussion.
Meanwhile, Senator Waseem Sajjad requested the presiding officer
to direct the Secretariat that necessary grammatical or other
corrections should be made before its movement for signature of the
President. Online
