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Parliamentary panel to consider electoral reforms
National
January 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee is set to take into consideration various far-reaching electoral reforms on January 21. The National Assembly standing committee on parliamentary affairs will take up a government bill proposing a number of amendments in the Elections Act 2017 as well as two other bills separately moved by Riaz Fatyana and Aslam Khan.
The official bill tabled by Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan intends to declare ‘accounts receivable’ as an asset of a sitting lawmaker or a contesting candidate. The non-declaration of this nature had earned Nawaz Sharif a lifetime disqualification, barring him from standing for any elected office, and his ouster as the prime minister by the Supreme Court in July 2017.