ISLAMABAD (APP) – Minister for Finance Senator Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms here Wednesday with the members discussing progress of work undertaken by the sub-committee headed by Zahid Hamid on the electoral reforms process.
The sub-committee had been assigned the task to review existing electoral laws and over 1200 proposals received from various quarters in this regard.
Chairman of the Sub-committee Zahid Hamid apprised the meeting that out of six laws related to the election process, five had so far been reviewed by the sub-committee and recommendations were being formulated for presentation to the main committee.
He said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should also put forth its valuable suggestions for the purpose of improving the system of general elections.
He said all matters would be thoroughly discussed to formulate concrete recommendations.
On this occasion the chair also called upon members of the PTI to attend sessions of the committee and put forth their useful input for electoral reforms.
