July 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: While the deadlock between the government and opposition parties over the 30 bills unilaterally passed by the National Assembly prevails, there seems to be no urgency in convening even the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted bipartisan parliamentary committee to revisit the rushed legislation.
The 20-member panel was created a week ago by Speaker Asad Qaiser after consultation with the government and opposition parties. “It is just eyewash. The government is not pushed about holding meaningful and productive talks on revisiting the two particular bills that inserted dozens of amendments in the Elections Act, 2017,” former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told The News when contacted.
June 30, 2021
ISLAMABAD: While the deadlock between the government and opposition parties over the 30 bills unilaterally passed by the National Assembly prevails, there seems to be no urgency in convening even the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted bipartisan parliamentary committee to revisit the rushed legislation.
The 20-member panel was created a week ago by Speaker Asad Qaiser after consultation with the government and opposition parties. “It is just eyewash. The government is not pushed about holding meaningful and productive talks on revisiting the two particular bills that inserted dozens of amendments in the Elections Act, 2017,” former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told The News when contacted. He said that the speaker has not approached the opposition parties to hold the first meeting of the Committee on Legislative Business, showing his lack of sincerity to review these bills which were bulldozed in the National Assembly controlled by the ruling coal
No urgency to convene legislative committee to revisit electoral reforms
June 30, 2021
ISLAMABAD: While the deadlock between the government and opposition parties over the 30 bills unilaterally passed by the National Assembly prevails, there seems to be no urgency in convening even the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted bipartisan parliamentary committee to revisit the rushed legislation.
The 20-member panel was created a week ago by Speaker Asad Qaiser after consultation with the government and opposition parties.
“It is just eyewash. The government is not pushed about holding meaningful and productive talks on revisiting the two particular bills that inserted dozens of amendments in the Elections Act, 2017,” former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told The News when contacted.
Conceding to the opposition’s demand for revisiting 21 bills passed in haste by the National Assembly on June 10, Speaker Asad Qaiser on Thursday formed a parliamentary committee to look into the matter and address it. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: Conceding to the opposition’s demand for revisiting 21 bills passed in haste by the National Assembly on June 10, Speaker Asad Qaiser on Thursday formed a parliamentary committee to look into the matter and address it.
The speaker has formed the parliamentary committee in consultation with leaders of parliamentary parties, said the NA Secretariat in a notification issued on Thursday.
“The committee, called the Committee on Legislative Business, will finalise its terms of reference on issues which would be referred to it from time to time. It will submit its report to the National Assembly speaker,” the notification said.