The National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet on Thursday met at the Parliament House, presided over by Ahmed Raza Maneka, MNA, says a press release. The committee discussed the Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan Bill 2006; the Patents (Amendment Bill 2006); the National Disaster Management Bill 2006 (Ordinance No XL of 2006).
The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority and generally briefed by National Archives of Pakistan. The committee withdrew the Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan Bill 2006 and the Patents (Amendment Bill 2006) as having been passed by the committee and sent to the House.
The committee showed concern over the absence of the Erra representatives and constituted a four-member committee with Malik Allah Yar, MNA as convenor 'to look into the matter about the absence of the Erra representatives.'-PR