Voting rights for overseas Pakistanis: Cabinet approves ordinance
Web Report/Islamabad
(Reuters file) The ECP was also authorised to use electronic voting machines
Pakistan announced on Tuesday that it had approved ordinances regarding the voting rights of overseas Pakistanis and Electronic Voting Machines.
According to Ary News, Federal Minister for Information and Technology Fawad Chaudhry announced that the federal cabinet had authorised the Election Commission of Pakistan to oversee the voting process for overseas Pakistanis.
“Another ordinance has given the ECP authority regarding voting rights for the overseas Pakistanis,” the information minister said of the cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Fawad regrets PML-N’s ‘escape’ from reforms
Saying “such decisions cannot be made by one individual”
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry addressing a press conference at the PID in Islamabad on March 16, 2021. SCREENGRAB
ISLAMABAD:
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday lamented Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) “escape” from negotiations on electoral reforms, questioning “why a party that always came to power through conspiracies would talk about reforms.”
Fawad was responding to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s statement where he had rejected the government’s proposal of using electronic voting machines (EVMs) during polls saying “such decisions cannot be made by one individual”. In a tweet, the information minister said the PMLN’s claim that the reform process had to be carried out by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) instead of parliament proved that
Fawad laments lack of cooperation from Sindh
Minister warns of complete lockdown in a week
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry addressing a press conference at the PID in Islamabad on March 16, 2021. SCREENGRAB
KARACHI:
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday warned that a complete lockdown could be imposed in the country in a week if the Covid-19 situation continued to worsen. “[A total of] 90% of the oxygen available in the country is being used. Even if [we] bring in more, it won’t make much difference to the supply in the system,” he said while addressing a news conference at the Sindh Governor House, which was also attended by Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh.
SHAUKAT Tarin
ISLAMABAD: In yet another reshuffle in the federal cabinet, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday changed portfolios of five ministers while bringing in ex-minister Shaukat Tarin to replace finance minister Hammad Azhar who had been recently given the charge in place of Hafeez Shaikh.
The opposition termed the reshuffle “old wine in new bottle” and questioned what significant change the prime minister had brought about by such reshuffles.
According to the Prime Minister Office, Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin has been appointed as finance minister with the additional portfolio of revenue. He replaced Mr Azhar who had served as finance minster for less than three weeks.
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