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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. ....