Islamabad: The Senate Friday passed “The State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill, 2022”.

The bill laid by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, aimed at provision of necessary operational and financial autonomy to the State Bank to enhance transparency and strengthening accountability.

The House also passed “The National Metrology Institute of Pakistan Bill, 2022” which was laid by Minister for Science and Technology Syed Shibli Faraz.

Earlier, at the outset of the session, the House under the chair of Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani offered Fateha for the soldiers, martyred in a terrorist attack in Balochistan’s Kech district.