KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed The Prohibition of Preparation, Manufacturing, Storage, Sale and Use of Gutka and Manpuri (Amendment) Bill, 2021, paving the way to try the accused in First Class Judicial Magistrate. Meanwhile, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Rabita Committee on Thursday nominated its female lawmaker Ms. Rana Ansar for Leader of Opposition slot in the Sindh Assembly. In a statement issued here, the MQM-P’s Rabita Committee nominated its parliamentary leader Ms Rana Ansar for the slot and named MPA from Baldia Town Ali Khurshidi as her replacement. The PTI was the largest opposition party with 30 lawmakers but at least nine of them defied from the party policy. Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan had three MPAs while Jamaat-e-Islami’s Syed Abdul Rasheed was also elected as a member of the Sindh Assembly on Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal’s platform.

Source: The Nation July 14, 2023 00:41 UTC