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April 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday made a formal offer to the opposition on the floor of the National Assembly for constitution of a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan moved a motion in the House, authorizing the speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms comprising members from both government and opposition benches. The members from the main opposition parties including the PML...

17 03 2021 PPT didn’t comment on the Constitutional Court’s recent short ruling, considering it better to await the details. We do wonder about the odd notion that the court could only release a short note when it announced its decision. In the past, the court has often taken hours to read their full decision. In this case it almost seems like the court was told what to decide and then had to come up with the detailed ruling later. In the meantime there was speculation about ...

Supreme Court has boosted independence of SECs in holding local body elections Even though more than a quarter century has elapsed since the Constitution was amended to make urban and rural local bodies a self-contained third tier of governance, it is often agreed by experts that there is inadequate devolution of powers to them. This may somewhat explain their relative lack of autonomy. However, an entirely different facet of the way these local bodies function is that the manner in which their...

The BBI public participation forum in Parliament witnessed a rare spectacle Thursday after a businesswoman invited MPs to buy her groundnuts. Beatrice Wayeko from Nairobi's Kawangware slum was among Kenyans who presented their views on the Constitution Amendment Bill. Ms Wayeko, otherwise know

Punch Newspapers Sections Sunday Aborisade, Abuja THE National Assembly has expressed its readiness to amend the Constitution to ensure gender parity and enact laws to improve the fortunes of women and girls in Nigeria. This was just as the Senate resolved to expunge provisions of the law as contained in the Police Act, Federal Character Law, Electoral Act, Labour Act and Political Parties constitutions, which infringed on the rights of women in Nigeria. The decision was conveyed amidst resolut...

Australia: Victoria State Government bans fracking forever 05 Mar 2021 The Andrews Labor Government has listened to farmers and regional communities and banned fracking in Victoria for good, enshrining the ban in the state’s Constitution. The Constitution Amendment (Fracking Ban) Bill 2020 has passed through the Upper House and Victoria’s Constitution will now be amended, safeguarding our regions from the threat of practices that could harm the environment. Fracking was banned in 2017 and ...

Govt to amend OGRA Ordinance Move aimed at giving representation to provinces on regulatory authority Punjab govt said that the regulatory authority shall consist of a chairman to be appointed by the federal government and four members - one from each province. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to introduce amendments to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Ordinance 2002 in order to give representation to provinces in the regulatory body. Provinces have supported the amen...

Uche Anichukwu, Media Adviser to Senator Ike Ekweremadu draws attention to his principal’s suggestion to get the constitutional backing for creation of state police The suggestion by former Deputy President of the Senate and former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in the 6th, 7th, and 8th Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, that the surest and handiest approach to restraining the demons of insecurity prowling the length and breadth of the country remains state and that the ...

ISLAMABAD: Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) president Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday accused the government of approaching the Supreme Court to get endorsement of its political designs and not to seek advice on open ballot for coming Senate elections. “This is not permissible and this is a kind of reference where the answer of the Supreme Court should be that it respectfully declines to answer,” Mr Ahmed told the five-judge bench hearing the presidential reference on open ballot for...

How Nigeria can create State Police in 10 Days — Ekweremadu On Ekweremadu Former Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Committee on Electoral Act and Constitutional Amendment, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says decentralised policing remains the way out of the mounting security challenges in the country, noting that with the requisite political will, Nigeria could successfully amend the 1999 Constitution in 10 days to the needed legal framework for state...