ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms Tuesday reviewed proposed amendments in the constitution relating to the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The 16th meeting of the committee was chaired by Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Senator Ishaq Dar here at the Parliament House.
Giving details of the proceedings to media later, Minister for Law Zahid Hamid said the sub-committee had carried out spadework on the constitutional amendments relating to the ECP and shared its report with the main committee.
The proposed constitutional bill he said envisages amending articles 211, 213, 215, 217, 218, 219 and 222 of the constitution. As for appointment of four members of the commission, he said, one member would be taken from each province.
A retired judge of the high court or a person who qualifies to be judge of the high court or a senior government officer or technocrat could be considered for appointment as member of the election commission, Hamid said.
He said besides holding elections of the national and provincial assemblies, the ECP would also hold election of local bodies, for which necessary amendments were being proposed. The minister said there was broad agreement on all the proposed amendments.
The chair with consensus of the house, decided that the committee would meet next Monday to finalise the proposed bill for submission to the National Assembly. In the intervening period, all political parties may firm up their inputs for any changes in the draft amendments.
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