• PPP senators demand moot to discuss proposed canals
• Opposition, journalists walk out over Peca
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar has refused to commit to a date for convening the Council of Common Interests (CCI), to discuss the water-sharing dispute among provinces.
The issue of proposed canals on the Indus River cropped up once again in the Senate on Monday, when PPP members raised the issue and sought a meeting of the CCI, which has all four provincial chief ministers as its members.
Meanwhile, the opposition PTI walked out of the house after staging a noisy protest over the amendments in the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016.
Journalists also walked out of the media gallery in protest against the proposed legislation, most likely to be passed by the Upper House today (Tuesday), following approval from a Senate standing committee a day before.
Law Minister Tarar chided the opposition for disrupting the proceedings and said the protest was meaningless as the bill was not being passed today.
He said the Senate Standing Committee on Interior, which approved the bill, was headed by a PTI lawmaker.
