July 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The package of massive electoral reforms passed by the National Assembly will come under discussion in a Senate panel for the second time on Monday, with the government consenting to withdraw some of the contentious amendments in the Elections Act.
The secretaries of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry will brief the Senate Standing Committee on the 72 amendments inserted in the poll law as per the officially released agenda of the forum.
The committee headed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Taj Haider comprises 13 senators apart from the non-voting ex-officio member, the parliamentary affairs minister. Others figuring in the forum are Azam Swati, Falak Naz, Liaqat Tarakai, Sania Nishtar, Farogh Naseem, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Farooq H Naek, Prof Sajid Mir, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Abida Azeem, Kamran Murtaza and Hilalur Rehman.
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