President Alvi signs 31 bills passed in Parliament's joint sitting

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Wednesday signed 31 bills passed by the joint sitting of Parliament on November 17, including the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill.

The bills include:

• The Privatization Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Port Qasim Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Islamabad Capital Territory Prohibition of Corporal Punishment Bill, 2021.
• The International Court of Justice (Review and Re-Consideration) Bill, 2021.
• The SBP Banking Services Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Corporate Restructuring Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• COVID-19 (Prevention of Hoarding) Bill, 2021.
• The Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Bill, 2021.
• The Islamabad Capital Territory Charities Registration, Regulation and Facilitation Bill, 2021.
• The Islamabad Rent Restriction (Amendment) Bill, 2021,
• The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2021,
• The Federal Public Service Commission (Validation of Rules), Bill, 2021.
• The Loans for Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Purposes Amendment Bill, 2021.
• The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
•  The Islamabad Capital Territory Food Safety Bill, 2021, The Emigration (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Pakistan Academy of Letters (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Gwadar Port Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Maritime Security Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Financial Institutions (Secured Transactions) (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The University of Islamabad Bill, 2021.
• The Al-Karam International Institute Bill, 2021.
• The National College of Arts Institute Bill, 2021.
• The Hyderabad Institute for Technology and Management Sciences Bill, 2021.
• Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Provincial Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Unani, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Practitioners (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
• The Muslim Family Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021.