A parliamentary panel on Thursday passed "The Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with dissent note from two members belonging to JUI-F and PPP. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice met under the chairmanship of Riaz Fatyana. The Committee unanimously confirmed the minutes of its previous meetings held on 27th and 28th November, 2019.

The committee considered the Bill the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Government Bill) after detail deliberations the Committee recommended with majority that that the bill may be passed by the National Assembly, but Nafeesa Shah and Aliya Kamran MNAs submitted their note of dissent.

The committee considered the Bill "The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Section 4) (Government Bill)" and "The Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Section 7) (Government Bill)"due to paucity of time the committee deferred the Bills for its consideration till its next meeting.

The committee considered the agenda; Implementation Status of recommendations of the Standing Committee on the issue of terrorist attacks on Sri-Lankan Cricket Team at Lahore and murder of Judges in District Jail Sialkot. After detailed deliberations the Committee unanimously decided to grant one month time for implementation of its previous recommendations dated 23rd August 2019.

It considered the agenda; Non-Compliance on public petition on crash of PIA Fokker flights of Multan & Chitral and compensation granted to the affected families. After detailed deliberations the Committee unanimously decided to grant two months' time to the PIA for settlement of issue regarding compensation with the Complainant.