Senate body discusses Zainab Alert Response and Recovery Bill (ZARRA), 2020

The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights in its meeting held on Friday at the Parliament House discussed in detail Zainab Alert Response and Recovery Bill (ZARRA), 2020, introduced in the house by Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari.

The National Assembly passed the bill on 10th January, after which it was referred to the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights. This meeting was the fourth in line of a series of meetings held on 20 January, 10 February, and 17 February, 2020. The committee considered part-v of the bill and proposed certain amendments to remove loopholes. Sections 14 and 15 of the bill were omitted and a line from Section 17 was added after Section 8 (1).

Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokar chaired the meeting.