Government wants to negotiate despite opposition promises to challenge bills in court

 

The government wants to negotiate despite opposition promises to challenge bills in court

The government sought reconciliation on Wednesday and urged the opposition to come to the negotiating table after announcing it would challenge the bills passed in today's joint parliamentary session in court.

The government successfully passed amendments to the 2017 Election Act that allow the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and give foreign Pakistanis the right to vote through the Second Election Amendment Act, 2021.

The International Court of Justice (Review and Review) Act of 2021, giving Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to review and review, was also passed in parliament.

Chaudhry calls on the opposition to change strategy

The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhry, told a press conference in Islamabad that the opposition should change its strategy and sit at the negotiating table with the government.

The information minister refuted the opposition's claims that the government had fewer votes, saying that the government alliance secured 233 votes in the joint session because it also had an advantage in the Senate.

Explaining a technical matter related to the Election Change Act, he said Pakistani people overseas would vote via i-voting (using the internet) while local citizens would vote via EVMs (an electronic process).

The Minister of Information said that draft bills on the rights of women and children had also been passed in parliament today, adding that PTI had passed laws on inheritance law for the first time.