Daily Times Speaker empowered to constitute body comprising members from both opposition and treasury benches House passes eight resolutions to extend as many ordinances
April 2, 2021
The National Assembly on Thursday debated setting up of a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms to bring improvement and transparency in general elections in 2023.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan moved a motion, empowering the National Assembly speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee comprising members from both opposition and treasury benches on electoral reforms, however the opposition bulldozed the motion.
Shazia Marri of PPP said that similar committee was set up during tenure of past government. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had framed rules in light of the recommendations given by the committee. She said the ECP was an independent constitutional body but alleged that it was being pressurized. “We have to change our perspective,�
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