NA Speaker Asad Qaiser emphasised that open or traceable vote in the upcoming Senate elections would strengthen parliamentary democracy in the country. Photo courtesy GOP Twitter/File
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Wednesday emphasised before the Supreme Court hearing a presidential reference that open or traceable vote in the upcoming Senate elections would strengthen parliamentary democracy in the country.
“It is highly desirable that voting for the Senate should be through open or traceable vote rather than through secret ballot so as to strengthen parliamentary democracy of which the political parties are linchpin,” argued a synopsis furnished by the NA speaker through senior counsel Abdul Latif Yousafzai.
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has supported the government in its desire to hold the upcoming Senate elections in a transparent manner to strengthen parliamentary democracy.In a.
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has supported the government in its desire to hold the upcoming Senate elections in a transparent manner to strengthen parliamentary democracy. In a.
Open ballot: No need to ‘amend Constitution’
NA speaker submits statement in presidential reference case
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ISLAMABAD:
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has backed the federal government’s plan to hold the Senate elections through open ballot without amending the Constitution.
The speaker, through Secretary Assembly Lateef Yousafzai, submitted a concise statement in the Supreme Court hearing presidential reference case on Wednesday.
“It is highly desirable that voting for the Senate be held through open or traceable vote rather than secret ballot so as to strengthen parliamentary democracy of which political parties are lynchpin, says the statement.
Parliamentary diplomacy
January 18, 2021
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser’s conduct of parliamentary diplomacy through the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Afghanistan presents an interesting case study.
To put things into context, it is useful to first examine the malaise plaguing our trade engagement with Afghanistan. Trade and commerce with Afghanistan has been suffering for a number of years now. It’s peak at around $2.5 billion in 2011 has been reduced to a nice memory only. In 2019, the volume of trade had come down to around $800 million. In tandem, was the huge diversion of nearly 50 percent of Afghan Transit Trade through Pakistan to Iran in the same time period. Pakistan literally enabled Chabahar to flourish at the cost of Karachi ports.