Government Availing All Option to Provide Relief to Common Man: Fawad Chaudhry
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Addressing media after meeting of federal cabinet, science and technology minister says government is weighing legal options if ECP does not resign
Prime Minister Imran Khan is personally monitoring the prices of daily essentials and the incumbent government is utilizing all options to provide relief to the common man, Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Tuesday.
Addressing media alongside Finance Minister Hammad Azhar after a meeting of the federal cabinet, he reiterated the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s stance that the economy had been “in shambles” when it came to power. “Regardless, we took all possible steps to protect the poor from the effects of inflation and price hike,” he claimed, adding that the government’s efforts would help the Utility Stores Corporation emerge from losses by the end of the year.
Govt wants ECP gone
March 16, 2021
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The government Monday asked Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja to resign and demanded reconstitution of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), as it failed to hold the recently-held Senate elections in a transparent manner.
“It was a longstanding demand of the prime minister that the power of money should not be used to influence elections,” Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood said while speaking at a press conference.
He was flanked by Information Minister Shibli Faraz and Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhry, reports Geo News. “For this purpose, the premier wanted the Senate elections to be held via an open ballot.”
Govt wants CEC, members to quit
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March 16, 2021
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The government Monday asked the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sikandar Sultan Raja, to resign and demanded reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), as it failed to hold the recently-held Senate elections in a transparent manner. It was a longstanding demand of the prime minister that the power of money should not be used to influence elections, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood said while speaking at a press conference.
He was flanked by Information Minister Shibli Faraz and Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhry, reports Geo News. For this purpose, the premier wanted the Senate elections to be held via an open ballot. Mehmood said it was the sole responsibility of the ECP to ensure that transparent polls were held.
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