| ISLAMABAD: After National Assembly, the Senate on Friday also passed the bill to make amendments to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Ordinance 1960.
The bill, which will be sent to President Dr Arif Alvi for his approval to make it an act of parliament, approved three amendments to the ordinance mainly related to appointment of the CDA chairman and allowing the civic agency to enter into public-private partnership.
During the Senate session on Friday, the bill was presented by Minister of State for Law and Justice Shahadat Awan. The bill said section (f) of the CDA ordinance shall be omitted. Under this clause, government servants could not be appointed as CDA board members and chairman rather they were to be appointed from the private sector through a competitive process.
Section 8 (f) of the ordinance, which has been omitted, said: “If he is for the time being disqualified for membership of anybody established by or under any law for the time being in force of which the constituent members are wholly or partly chosen by means of election.”
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