'Consultation with all parties done before election reforms bill approval'
Law Minister Zahid Hamid claimed that opposition parties remained quiet during consultation
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Law Zahid Hamid claimed on Tuesday that all opposition parties were included in the consultation process before approval of Electoral Reforms Bill.
Talking to media, the law minister told that opposition remained quiet during consultation sessions and spoke only after approval of the reforms from both Senate and National Assembly. He added that the column of Khatam-e-Nabuwat condition has not been excluded from nomination papers through these reforms, maintaining that his party cannot even think about doing so.
He said that there is no way that condition can be removed from the procedure and the PML-N government excluded no such paragraph. "Bill for election reforms has been passed after 40 years," he argued while stating that all political parties whether in power or opposition participated in the cause.
He reasoned that the rival parties are only raising the issue for personal gains while the government backed open voting in both parliament houses.
Adding her viewpoint, Minister of State for IT Anusha Rehman opined that it was not their fault if someone isn t able to understand English language. Meanwhile, Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has been elected unopposed as PML-N president in the intra-party elections after the approval of Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 from both houses. The poll was held at Convention Center in Islamabad, and Nawaz Sharif has been appointed to lead the party for next four years.
