TFIE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA.,
110
AUG. 17,
2023
[PARr I
consisting of four members two from the National Assembly and two
from the Senate to be nominated by the Speaker of the National
Assembly and the Chairman of the Senate respectively out of which
one shall be from the treasury benches and one from the opposition in
each House and the parliamentary committee shall consider the panel
and recommend one candidate for appointment by the President
under sub-section (l) and where the parliamentary committee fails to
recommend within thirty days of receipt of the panel any ferson, the
division concerned shall forward the panel to the Prime Minister who
shall recommend to the President the candidate eminently suited to be
appointed as Chairman by the President:
Provided that at any time when the National Assembly stands
dissolve, all members of the parliamentary committee shall be from
the Senate nominated by the Chairman Senate."l and
(b)
for sub-section (4A), the following shall
be
substituted,
namely:-
"(4A). The remaining two members shall, by the division to
which business of this Ordinance stands allocated, be appointed on
need basis on recommendation of the Chairman and they shall be
non-voting honorary members, one from broadcasters and one from
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUO.".
4.
Amendments
C,rdinance, in section
(i)
8,-
of section 8, Ordinance XIII of 2002.-In the said
after sub-section (3), the following new sub-section shall
inserted, namely:-
be
"(3A) Meetings of the Authority may also take place through
modern devices including but not limited to video link."; and
(ii)
6.
in sub-section (5), the words "and shall identiff the determination
the Chairman and each member separately" shall be omitted.
Amendment
of
of section 11, Ordinance XIII of 2002.- In the said
"it may deem fit", the words "may be prescribed
()rdinance, in section I l, for the words
by regulations" shall be substituted.
7.
Substirution of section 13, ordinance
XrII of 2002.- In the said
C)rdinance, for section 13, the following shall
be substituted,
Deregation.-
namely;_
"13'
The Authority may deregate to the
chairman or a
member or officer of the Authority,
uy
r-esponsibilities or
functions under this ordinance
"ii;;"*;r,
as ii may by
reguiation, p..i..iu",