July 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel has made a modest start in evolving a consensus on a multitude of amendments in the Elections Act and did not touch the controversial provisions in its inaugural meeting.
The Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, headed by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Taj Haider, has considered just a handful of the dozens of amendments in the poll law which were hastily passed by the National Assembly last month. The next meeting of the forum will be held after Eidul Azha.
“Confusion prevailed about the exact timing of the start of the session of the committee, which resulted in delayed participation by some of its members in its deliberations,” Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) Senator Kamran Murtaza, who is part of the committee, told The News when contacted.
In this file photo, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal addresses an event in Islamabad. DawnNewsTV/File
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has deferred further deliberations on a 2019 reference until the federal government comes up with a solution to a legal lacuna about the procedure for removal of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman.
Presided over by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, the SJC had taken up the reference moved by Advocate Chaudhry Mohammad Saeed Zafar against NAB chairman Javed Iqbal whose four-year tenure is going to complete on Oct 8.
The reference was moved before the SJC against the backdrop of a leaked video showing alleged clandestine meetings of the NAB chairman with a suspect facing NAB inquiry, Tayyaba Gull.
Candid independent opinion on govt electoral reforms
July 12, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan has reservations about a number of amendments inserted in the Elections Act by the National Assembly and says some of them clash with the Constitution.
“I have advised Prime Minister Imran Khan to find a way out in consultation with the major stakeholders and political parties so that consensus electoral reforms emerge,” the attorney general said while answering questions from The News.
He said he was actively engaged in the process of hammering out an agreement on several controversial amendments made in the poll law. He said the prime minister has asked him to talk to the opposition parties to attempt an accord on the reforms. “The premier is clear that an understanding should be arrived at and doesn’t want to go solo.”
AG admits issues with amendments in Elections Act
July 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan has reservations about a number of amendments inserted in the Elections Act by the National Assembly and says some of them clash with the Constitution. “I have advised Prime Minister Imran Khan to find a way out in consultation with the major stakeholders and political parties so that consensus electoral reforms emerge,” the attorney general said while answering questions from The News. He said he was actively engaged in the process of hammering out an agreement on several controversial amendments made in the poll law. He said the prime minister has asked him to talk to the opposition parties to attempt an accord on the reforms. “The premier is clear that an understanding should be arrived at and doesn’t want to go solo.”
Candid independent opinion on govt electoral reforms
July 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan has reservations about a number of amendments inserted in the Elections Act by the National Assembly and says some of them clash with the Constitution.
“I have advised Prime Minister Imran Khan to find a way out in consultation with the major stakeholders and political parties so that consensus electoral reforms emerge,” the attorney general said while answering questions from The News.
He said he was actively engaged in the process of hammering out an agreement on several controversial amendments made in the poll law. He said the prime minister has asked him to talk to the opposition parties to attempt an accord on the reforms. “The premier is clear that an understanding should be arrived at and doesn’t want to go solo.”