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One dish law adopted for wedding feastsFrom our correspondent
23 August 2006
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly and the Senate yesterday approved a law restricting wedding feats to only one dish. The bill was first adopted in the National Assembly as a private member's lesgilation initiated by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).
Within hours it was conveyed to the Senate which also passed it without discussion.
Under the law, one dish besides rice and bread would be served in weddings. Stringent punishments have been prescribed for violations.
Talking to newsmen, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz welcomed the adoption of the bill and hoped the provincial governments would effectively enforce it.
The opposition was absent in the Senate when the House approved the bill in protest against abusive language used against Leader of the Opposition, Maulana Fazlur Rehman by cabinet minister Kamil Ali Agha and other ruling party senators on Monday.
They were reacting to news reports that Fazl had removed the photograph of the Founder of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, from his chamber and replaced it with that of his father.
The MMA denounced the allegations and staged a walkout when Agha and others branded Fazl's father as opponent of Pakistan movement. Other opposition senators later joined them in the walkout.
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and PPP leader, Raza Rabbani, addressing a news conference yesterday denounced the conduct of the ruling party and said the opposition would continue to boycott the sessions.
The president, in the meanwhile, has prorogued the Senate session for indefinite period.
khaleejtimes
23 August 2006
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly and the Senate yesterday approved a law restricting wedding feats to only one dish. The bill was first adopted in the National Assembly as a private member's lesgilation initiated by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).
Within hours it was conveyed to the Senate which also passed it without discussion.
Under the law, one dish besides rice and bread would be served in weddings. Stringent punishments have been prescribed for violations.
Talking to newsmen, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz welcomed the adoption of the bill and hoped the provincial governments would effectively enforce it.
The opposition was absent in the Senate when the House approved the bill in protest against abusive language used against Leader of the Opposition, Maulana Fazlur Rehman by cabinet minister Kamil Ali Agha and other ruling party senators on Monday.
They were reacting to news reports that Fazl had removed the photograph of the Founder of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, from his chamber and replaced it with that of his father.
The MMA denounced the allegations and staged a walkout when Agha and others branded Fazl's father as opponent of Pakistan movement. Other opposition senators later joined them in the walkout.
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and PPP leader, Raza Rabbani, addressing a news conference yesterday denounced the conduct of the ruling party and said the opposition would continue to boycott the sessions.
The president, in the meanwhile, has prorogued the Senate session for indefinite period.
khaleejtimes
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