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for Disaster Bill The approval of the Bill which was presented as an urgent Bill to the Legislature on February 24 to be passed the same day was delayed as Opposition members said such a Bill needed to be passed with a consensus of the whole House and should not be rushed through. The Bill among other things provides for the establishment of a national council for disaster management and the preparation of disaster management plans for the country to deal with both natural and man-made disasters. Some of the disaster covered by the Bill are landslides, cyclones, earthquakes, fires and industrial hazards, epidemics, explosions, air raids and civil and internal strife. Meanwhile, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which seeks to increase the number of Appeal Court judges and also set up provincial Appeal Court circuits, is to be approved on Thursday. |
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