ISLAMABAD, 18 November 2021, (TON): The government and joint opposition flexed their muscles in joint session of Parliament but the treasury succeeded to get maximum bills (33 out of 34 bills) passed with the support of its allies.

A total of 29 bills appeared on the ‘order of the day’ out of which the joint session of Parliament passed 28 bills while five bills were considered in the House as supplementary agenda.

Only one bill, the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was deferred while the remaining 33 legislative proposals were passed.

A bill to provide for the right of review and reconsideration to bring into effect the judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, the International Court of Justice (Review and Re-consideration) Bill, 2020.

The bill was moved by Minister for Law and Justice Dr Muhammad Farogh Nasim in the House. The bill was passed with majority vote.

The statement of objects and reasons of the bill says that the government of India initiated proceedings against Pakistan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), concerning alleged violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 24 April 1963 ”in the matter of detention and trial of an Indian national, Commander Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav”, who had been sentenced to death by the Military Court in Pakistan in April 2017.