Govt backed bills pass in Parliament : allowing use of EVMs and voting rights to overseas Pakistanis
The PTI- led government- backed bills on Wednesday easily boated through the Parliament’s common sitting amid strong demurrers by the Opposition lawgivers. The government successfully passed emendations to the Choices Act, 2017, allowing the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and giving overseas Pakistanis the right to bounce in general choices. Voting on the emendations was before remitted — after strong kick by the Opposition — at Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan’s request, but the government, after a while put it to bounce again. Following the end of the backed bills, the Opposition offered a strike, saying that National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser wasn’t paying heed to their reservations regarding the government enjoying smaller than the needed figures to get the bills passed. According to the orders of the day participated on the National Assembly website, 60 particulars are on the docket. The session is presently underway with the Opposit