In letter to NA speaker, PM Imran Khan urges formation of committee for electoral reforms
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PM Imran Khan pens letter to NA Speaker after Senate elections.
Premier stresses the need to bring transparency in the elections.
Says it is necessary to use technology to strengthen the electoral system.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday penned a letter to National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser asking him to form an electoral reform committee in a bid to bring transparency to the elections. The recent Senate elections have highlighted once again the scourge of vote purchasing in the prevailing non-transparent manner of conducting elections, the premier said in the letter.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has requested the NA speaker to form an inter-party panel to end corrupt practices in elections. APP/File
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday requested National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser to immediately constitute an inter-party parliamentary committee in order to discuss electoral reforms and end the perennial issue of corrupt practices in polls.
In a letter to the speaker, the premier said this month s Senate elections had once again highlighted the scourge of vote purchasing in the prevailing non-transparent manner of conducting elections .
On Monday, the government had shown its intention to form a bipartisan parliamentary committee under Speaker Qaiser to bring constitutional and electoral reforms in the country. The consensus on the formation of the body was reached between the speaker and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan during a meeting.
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PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. PHOTO: COURTESY/PPP.ORG
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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has strongly condemned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s continuous attacks on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), saying demand of resignations from poll organising officials is “blackmailing”.
The PPP leader, in a statement, said that the ECP’s refusal to become a partner in the rigging and electoral engineering with the PTI is being taken as rebellion .
PM Imran Khan stresses electoral reforms in letter to NA Speaker Asad Qaiser
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Prime Minister Imran Khan (left) and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. PID/File
In a letter to National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan asked him to form an inter-party parliamentary committee to discuss electoral reforms and bring transparency to elections.
The premier, in the letter written to the speaker, said the recent elections had highlighted once again the scourge of vote purchasing in the prevailing non-transparent manner of conducting elections .
The premier, in the letter, highlighted that the treasury bench had submitted a bill for meaningful electoral reforms to remove the prevailing stigma attached to our electoral process .
Lack of transparency in Senate election: PM asks NA Speaker to form parliamentary committee
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Lack of transparency in Senate election: PM asks NA Speaker to form parliamentary committee
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser over the lack of transparency in Senate elections.
The letter sent by the Prime Minister has requested the Speaker to form a parliamentary committee on the issue, stating that he wants to bring electoral reforms before the next general elections. The use of technology is essential to maintaining transparency, he said.
The Prime Minister said that money was again abused in the recent Senate election. “I spoke of electoral reforms for transparent elections at all levels and my party demanded open voting in the Senate election”, he added.