Joint sitting of Parliament for consensus on electoral reforms postponed
Delay in joint session confirms defeat of govt’s black legislations: Shehbaz Sharif.
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
The joint sitting of both houses of Parliament, which was summoned for consensus on electoral reforms and other issues, has been postponed.
In a statement on social networking site Twitter, Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said that electoral reform is a matter of the future of the country and the government is trying in good faith to reach a consensus on these issues. “NA Speaker Asad Qaiser has been asked to contact with the opposition once again to bring a unanimous electoral reform bill.”
He said that the joint sitting of Parliament was being postponed for this purpose. “We hope that the opposition will seriously consider these important reforms and we will be able to adopt a common strategy for the future of Pakistan. However, if this does not happen then we cannot take back step from the reforms,” he maintained.
Delay in joint session confirms defeat of govt’s black legislations: Shehbaz Sharif.
President Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday said that the delay in the parliamentary session has confirmed the defeat of government’s black legislations.
According to the details, President PML-N stated that the Prime Minsiter (PM) Imran Khan must resign from his office on being unsuccessful for holding a unified parliamentary session. He added that PM Imran is still practicing the custom of taking U-turns.
In addition to this, he said that the delay in a unified parliamentary session identifies the end of black legislations and the sensitive matters of law making are not being given required attention.
It is pertinent to state here that he mentioned the recent defeat has compelled government to delay the parliamentary session. The people who wanted to compete in the grounds have now fled away from the grounds, he added.