Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Speaker of National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Thursday announced setting up a high-level parliamentary committee for seeking support from the opposition parties on electoral reforms. The speaker took to Twitter to make the announcement of establishing a parliamentary committee, which would comprise of federal ministers including Pervez Khattak, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Asad Umar, Babar Awan, and Malik Aamir Dogar.
The committee would reach out to the opposition and other parliamentary groups for making a consensus on the matter. “We will later establish a multi-party parliamentary committee after all parties will agree over it,” Asad Qaiser said adding that the body would work on electoral reforms.
The NA speaker said that reforms were needed for holding free and fair polls besides it would also strengthen their parliamentary system.
