ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said that the general elections 2018 would be held under new Electoral Reforms which were in the final stage of preparation.
Talking to media persons after the 24th meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Elections Reforms in Islamabad, he said that the sub-committee would continue further work on the remaining proposals to develop consensus.
The minister said that the sub-committee would make further efforts to finalize its report before the upcoming budget, adding that in case if it was submitted after the budget it would not go beyond the end of July.
Ishaq Dar said that there was a positive development on most of the proposals given by the political parties with regard to Electoral Reforms, adding that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was also playing its role in the committee.
The Federal Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid said that the sub-committee would take up the proposals which were earlier disagreed and make efforts to develop a consensus.
The Chief of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said that Election Reforms were in the interest of every political party. He expressed the pleasure that most of the proposals were settled among the parliamentarians. He said that soon the remaining proposals would also be finalized.
Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Syed Naveed Qamar said that there was progress on most of the points and further discussion would be held on the remaining points whereas Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Senator Shibli Faraz said that the committee was positively working on the Elections Reforms.
