The Senate on Monday resumed its session at the Parliament House in Islamabad with Deputy Chairman Mirza Muhammad Afridi in the chair and passed six pieces of legislation including Anti-Rape (Amendment) Bill, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Transacting private members’ business, the house passed six bills including: The Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) (Amendment) Bill, 2022, The Pakistan Emergency Treatment Coverage Programme Bill, 2023, The Pakistan Opportunistic Screening and Treatment of Hypertension Bill, 2023, The Islamabad Capital Territory Protection of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition Bill, 2023, The International Institute of Technology, Culture and Health Sciences Bill, 2024 and The National Database and Registration Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

Besides, several bills were introduced in the House which the chair referred to the standing committees concerned.

Earlier, senators of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) staged a walkout in the Senate session to protest police raid at the house of Mahmood Khan Achakzai.

The PkMAP leaders alleged that the raid was conducted at Achakzai’s residence in Quetta and was a reaction to the party leader’s recent speech in the National Assembly.