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September 11, 2021

Govt determined to get electoral reforms passed

ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to present its electoral reforms package, rejected by the Senate standing committee, in the joint session of Parliament where it has a simple majority.Even after the dismissal of the amendments by the Senate or its concerned committee, they can be taken to the joint sitting of the two Houses assembled together under the rules. The government has been campaigning since long for 72 amendments to the Elections Act, 2017, which the National Assembly had passed...