05-11-2010, 11:51 AM
QUETTA-The Balochistan Assembly (BA) on Monday approved the Balochistan Local Government Bill 2010 while a member of Opposition benc-hes, Pir Abdul Qadir Gilani staged a walkout after levelling serious allegations against Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhootani.
BA met with Deputy Speaker Syed Matiullah Agha in the chair after break of two days. Local Bodies Minister, Abdul Khaliq Bashardost tabled Balochistan Local Government Bill 2010 in the House.
Under the bill, Nazimeen and Naib Nazimeen will be replaced with Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen in District Councils and Mayors and Deputy Mayors in municipal corporations metropolitan cities.
According to the Section 63 of the bill, the executive authority of the Local Council shall vest in and will be exercised by its Chairman and Mayor and all acts of a Local Council whether executive or not shall be expressed in the name of Local Council.
According to the bill, decisions of the Local Council would be taken by simple majority of the members present through voting.
Similarly, Section 130 of bill says: ‘There shall be a Divisional Coordination Committee in every division which shall consist of the elected Mayor of metropolitan, Chairmen of District Councils, Chairmen of Municipal Corporations, Chairmen of Municipal Committees and heads of all nation-building departments of the provincial govt and Federal govt and collector of the district, besides one representative each from the special interest group, peasants, workers and women to be elected by elected members’.
Members of National and Provincial Assemblies elected from the division may attend meetings of the Divisional Coordination Committee as observers. The commissioner will be the Chairman of the Divisional Coordination Committee and the Deputy Director of the Local Government and Rural Development will be its ex-officio secretary.
When the chair put the bill for vote the House adopted it unanimously. Talking on a point of order, Pir Abdul Qadir Gilani said that two days ago a vehicle having official number plate was given escort by Lasbela and Windhar police allegedly on the directives of Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhootani that his guests were travelling to Karachi.
BA met with Deputy Speaker Syed Matiullah Agha in the chair after break of two days. Local Bodies Minister, Abdul Khaliq Bashardost tabled Balochistan Local Government Bill 2010 in the House.
Under the bill, Nazimeen and Naib Nazimeen will be replaced with Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen in District Councils and Mayors and Deputy Mayors in municipal corporations metropolitan cities.
According to the Section 63 of the bill, the executive authority of the Local Council shall vest in and will be exercised by its Chairman and Mayor and all acts of a Local Council whether executive or not shall be expressed in the name of Local Council.
According to the bill, decisions of the Local Council would be taken by simple majority of the members present through voting.
Similarly, Section 130 of bill says: ‘There shall be a Divisional Coordination Committee in every division which shall consist of the elected Mayor of metropolitan, Chairmen of District Councils, Chairmen of Municipal Corporations, Chairmen of Municipal Committees and heads of all nation-building departments of the provincial govt and Federal govt and collector of the district, besides one representative each from the special interest group, peasants, workers and women to be elected by elected members’.
Members of National and Provincial Assemblies elected from the division may attend meetings of the Divisional Coordination Committee as observers. The commissioner will be the Chairman of the Divisional Coordination Committee and the Deputy Director of the Local Government and Rural Development will be its ex-officio secretary.
When the chair put the bill for vote the House adopted it unanimously. Talking on a point of order, Pir Abdul Qadir Gilani said that two days ago a vehicle having official number plate was given escort by Lasbela and Windhar police allegedly on the directives of Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhootani that his guests were travelling to Karachi.