National
May 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Thursday said the government would provide Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) to the Punjab Bar Council (PBC) for its elections.
Talking to a delegation of the PBC, he said the Council would be briefed about the electronic voting process along with Advisor to Prime Minister on Parliamentarians Affairs Dr Babar Awan and Senator Barrister Ali Zafar. The PBC delegation had requested biometric voting facility for its elections. Fawad said the government was well aware of the lawyers’ problems and resolving their issues was its top most priority. He said a proposal was under consideration to provide up to Rs1 million loan to young lawyers under the Kamyab Jawan Programme.
Bar bodies reps meet Fawad Ch
National
May 25, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Monday said that electoral reforms were a need of the hour to ensure free, fair and transparent elections in the country.
He said electronic voting would guarantee transparent and fair elections. He was talking to delegations of District Bar Rawalpindi, Lahore High Court Bar Rawalpindi Bench, Punjab Bar Council and High Court Bar Multan Bench here. The legal community called for the use of technology to make elections transparent and demanded that the government should provide electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the upcoming bar association elections. The legal community praised the government move to push ahead with electoral reforms.