Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the door is always open for dialogue with political parties and the aim of electoral reforms is to make the whole process transparent.
Presiding over a meeting of the federal cabinet, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the legal reform for the elections has only one objective and that is to make the whole process transparent, according to the report of the official news agency APP.
He said that the door is always open for dialogue with all political parties in this regard.
The cabinet meeting considered open voting instead of a secret ballot.
The Attorney General of Pakistan gave a detailed briefing to the Cabinet on the Senate Election Law and informed the Cabinet that there is no apparent prohibition on the open ballot in the Constitution of Pakistan.
According to the report, the Cabinet decided that a reference in this regard would be filed in the Supreme Court through the Attorney General under Article 186 of the Constitution of Pakistan. Talking to media after the cabinet meeting, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz had said that the Senate elections would be held in March or earlier. Is.
He said that the Supreme Court had issued a brief order for transparency of elections, on the basis of which we had introduced a bill in the Assembly and today there was a discussion on how to pass the bill, constitutional amendment, Will be through Executive Order or Election Commission.
"We have decided that we will seek guidance from the Supreme Court under Article 186 of the Constitution, for which we are seeking elections through show of hands," he said.
The cabinet also approved the appointment of Lt. Gen. Akhtar Nawaz as the new chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The Cabinet also appointed Asim Shehryar Hussain as Chief Executive Officer of National Technology Fund on a three-year contract, Imran Manyar on a three-year contract as Managing Director of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited and Ali Javed Hamdani as Managing Director of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines for three years. ۔
The Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved the publication of advertisements for the appointment of Community Welfare Attach میںs in various Pakistani embassies, and for the appointment of CEOs of Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos).
The Cabinet also approved the outstanding adjustment in electricity tariffs by NEPRA for the second and third quarters of the financial year 2019-20.
The Cabinet was given a detailed briefing on the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the shortage of petroleum products in the country where a committee comprising Federal Ministers Asad Umar, Shafqat Mehmood, Dr Shirin Mazari and Azam Khan Swati was approved.
The Prime Minister said that strict action would be taken against those responsible after receiving the report of the committee.
