: Pakistan government is brazenly pushing poll reforms that will undermine its Election Commission #IndiaNEWS Arguably the most controversial package of electoral reform proposals in the history of Pakistan

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Pakistan government is brazenly pushing poll reforms that will undermine its Election Commission #IndiaNEWS
Arguably the most controversial package of electoral reform proposals in the history of Pakistan is halfway through the parliamentary cycle to become a law. The Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2020, comprising 49 amendments to Elections Act, 2017, was introduced in the Pakistan National Assembly on October 16, 2020. The bill sailed through the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on June 8, when only eight out of the total 21 members were present. The bill came up before the National Assembly on June 10 and was passed the same day without any debate. This was the day when the National Assembly passed 20 other bills while the opposition had walked out after unsuccessfully trying to seek a debate.Another bill, the Elections (Second Amendment) Bill, which was originally promulgated as an ordinance on May 8 and covered two very important electoral reforms such as the introduction of electronic voting machines and enabling overseas Pakistanis to cast their vote from their countries of residence, was also passed the same day without any debate.The two bills are now before the country’s Senate where these may either be forwarded to a standing committee and then be taken up by the full Senate or the rules may be suspended and the...Read more

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