Parliament’s joint session to deliberate on electoral reforms today
- 25-Jul-2023
ISLAMABAD: The joint sitting of the Parliament will be held at 2:00 pm today with National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in chair, ARY News reported. The joint session will deliberate over a 25-point agenda including the electoral reforms bill. The government will get the Election Act 2023 bill with additional amendments to be passed […]
General elections: ECP’s recommendations for electoral reforms accepted
- 20-Jul-2023
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary announced that they are fully ready to hold general elections in the country, ARY News reported on Thursday. During an informal conversation with journalists outside the ECP headquarters, Omar Hamid Khan said that the commission is fully ready to hold general elections. “Four months will be required […]
Electoral reforms: ‘Consensus reached on Election Act amendments’
- 19-Jul-2023
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Tuesday that consensus was reached on the Election Act 2017 amendments in the electoral reforms committee and the final draft will be forwarded to the members on Thursday, ARY News reported. The electoral reforms committee held another session regarding the amendments to the […]
Electoral reforms draft likely to be finalised today
- 18-Jul-2023
ISLAMABAD: Draft for electoral reforms likely to be finalised today (Tuesday), ARY News reported, quoting well-placed sources. As per details, the Federal Minister for Law & Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar has advised the coalition government for legislation on electoral reforms till July 28. The sources further say the coalition partners including Pakistan People’s Party […]
Electoral reforms without opposition would be controversial: PILDAT president
- 13-Jul-2023
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) President Ahmed Bilal Mehboob said that Electoral reforms without opposition would be controversial, ARY News reported. While talking to the ARY News programme ‘Khabar’, PILDAT President Ahmed Bilal Mehboob said one month is left in general elections and electoral reforms cannot be made in such short […]
Electoral Reforms body meets to mull over amends in election law
- 13-Jul-2023
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms has been in session on Thursday in the Parliament House to discuss amendments in the election law, ARY News reported. The government is likely to introduce a number of amendments to the Election Act, 2017 to ensure timely submission of election results. The committee, chaired by Ayaz Sadiq, […]
Electoral reforms: MQM-P to forward recommendations to Centre
- 24-Oct-2022
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) held a session to discuss the recommendations regarding electoral reforms, ARY News reported on Sunday. Following the directives of the MQM-P convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, the central leaders held a session to mull over recommendations regarding electoral reforms. Sources said that MQM-P will forward the recommendations to the […]
PTI not to take part in govt’s electoral reforms committee, sources
- 23-May-2022
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership has refused to take part government’s electoral reforms committee, ARY News reported. According to sources, the PML-N led coalition government will form an electoral reform committee in the coming two to three days, but PTI has decided to not be a part of the committee. Talking on ARY News talk show […]
Electoral reforms: PPP finalizes names for parliamentary committee
- 16-May-2022
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has sent four names to Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms, one of the key agendas of the coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, ARY NEWS reported. According to sources privy to the matter, other political parties are also in the […]
30 members committee will be formed for electoral reforms: Ashraf
- 10-May-2022
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday said that the verification process of resignations has been underway. In a media talk the speaker said that the PTI members have tendered resignations or not, they should appear for personal verification. “The resignation letter should be hand written by every member,” Ashraf said. “The members […]