July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The package of massive electoral reforms passed by the National Assembly will come under discussion in a Senate panel for the second time on Monday, with the government consenting to withdraw some of the contentious amendments in the Elections Act.
The secretaries of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry will brief the Senate Standing Committee on the 72 amendments inserted in the poll law as per the officially released agenda of the forum.
The committee headed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Taj Haider comprises 13 senators apart from the non-voting ex-officio member, the parliamentary affairs minister. Others figuring in the forum are Azam Swati, Falak Naz, Liaqat Tarakai, Sania Nishtar, Farogh Naseem, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Farooq H Naek, Prof Sajid Mir, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Abida Azeem, Kamran Murtaza and Hilalur Rehman.
July 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will soon get an opportunity in a Senate panel to articulate its stand on the multitude of controversial amendments in the Elections Act recently approved by the National Assembly. The opposition parties too have got their act together and will give their response to the far-reaching changes in the poll law in the standing committee.
Three special invitees have also been requested to attend a meeting of the Senate committee on parliamentary affairs to be held on July 12. The committee will, for the first time, deliberate upon the massive amendments in the Elections Act that had been unanimously passed in 2017 during the tenure of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) government.
July 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will soon get an opportunity in a Senate panel to articulate its stand on the multitude of controversial amendments in the Elections Act recently approved by the National Assembly. The opposition parties too have got their act together and will give their response to the far-reaching changes in the poll law in the standing committee.
Three special invitees have also been requested to attend a meeting of the Senate committee on parliamentary affairs to be held on July 12. The committee will, for the first time, deliberate upon the massive amendments in the Elections Act that had been unanimously passed in 2017 during the tenure of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) government.
July 5, 2021
MINGORA: Pakistan Democratic Movement PDM leader and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) President Shehbaz Sharif Sunday criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan and said he had destroyed the country.
Addressing a public rally at the Grassy Ground in the scenic Swat valley, he called upon the people to get worried and push Imran Khan out of power.
PDM head Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Aftab Sherpao of Qaumi Watan Party, Mahmood Khan Achakzai of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Prof Sajid Mir, Amir Muqam and others also addressed the gathering.
Shehbaz dispelled the impression that there was any rift among the political parties, which were part of the PDM. He asserted that the alliance was intact and its leadership united.
July 5, 2021
MINGORA: Pakistan Democratic Movement PDM leader and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) President Shehbaz Sharif Sunday criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan and said he had destroyed the country.
Addressing a public rally at the Grassy Ground in the scenic Swat valley, he called upon the people to get worried and push Imran Khan out of power. PDM head Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Aftab Sherpao of Qaumi Watan Party, Mahmood Khan Achakzai of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Prof Sajid Mir, Amir Muqam and others also addressed the gathering.
Shehbaz dispelled the impression that there was any rift among the political parties, which were part of the PDM. He asserted that the alliance was intact and its leadership united.