Lahore, February 23, 2021 (PPI-OT): A meeting was held in the Speaker’s Chamber under the chairmanship of Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Parvez Elahi regarding the election process of the representatives of the Election Commission. Presiding over the meeting, Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Parvez Elahi said that the House of the Punjab Assembly would be handed over to the Election Commission on Senate elections as per the rules. The Speaker directed that rules of procedure would be passed by the Assembly to give the House to the Election Commission. The Assembly card would be used for identification and voting in the Senate elections.
The Speaker said that all the political parties and members should cooperate with the Election Commission in the election process to complete the election process in a transparent and amicable manner. He clarified that the purpose of today’s meeting is to finalize things for polling day.
On this occasion, the Speaker Punjab Assembly expressed the hope that all political parties and members would show responsibility in the election of the Upper House. The government was represented at the meeting by Law Minister Raja Basharat, Provincial Minister Ch Zaheeruddin and Mian Shafi Muhammad, while the opposition was represented by Malik Nadeem Kamran, Samiullah Khan, Khalil Tahir Sandhu and Syed Hassan Murtaza. Secretary Punjab Assembly Muhammad Khan Bhatti also attended the meeting.
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