Islamabad (October 11, 2017): The Senate on Wednesday passed resolution stating that a person who cannot become a member of the parliament should not become head of any political party.
The PPP’s Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has presented the resolution and mentioned that an un-elected person — someone who has given up Pakistani citizenship, who is declared to be of an unsound mind or otherwise disqualified from holding public office by a court — can become the head of party and take decisions.
The parliament, thus, is “exposed to becoming hostage to a person who himself is barred from entering it,” the resolution states.
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Leader of the House, Senator Raja Zafarul Haq, said that a bill regarding the issue had already passed from the Senate, so bringing a resolution regarding the same is inappropriate.
Law Minister Zahid Hamid also opposed the resolution being put up for debate and said that every person should have the right to choose whoever they want as their leader.
The resolution passed with 52 senators voting in its favour and 28 voting against it. Speaking on the floor Aitzaz Ahsan also demanded that a committee should be formed to investigate the alleged Intelligence Bureau (IB) list of lawmakers with links to terrorist organisations.
“I do not accept that the letter is fake,” he said, adding that the issue required investigation since two senators had also been named in the list.
On September 22, The Senate on Friday passed the amended Election Bill 2017. The passage of electoral bill 2017 has paved the way for the ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif to lead the party again that he had lost after his disqualification by the supreme court.
The electoral reforms bill 2017 was presented by the PML-N senator and law minister Zahid Hamid.
The article of 203 of the bill that clear the way for the disqualified person to lead the party was strongly opposed by the opposition.
On October 2, the Electoral Reform Bill 2017 has also been approved by the National Assembly amid opposition parties, particularly Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) ruckus.
According to the details, the National Assembly on Monday passed the Elections Bill 2017, paving way for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to regain chairmanship of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
The electoral bill was tabled by the law minister Zahid Hamid.
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