PML-N workers celebrating re-election of Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: EXPRESS
They termed it a success of democracy. PML-N youth wing president Zahid Adnan Guddo, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Asif Ansari and PML-N Multan district president Bilal Butt Advocate took out a rally in this regard.
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PML-N workers welcomed the approval of Election Bill 2017 with majority votes and termed the verdict a ‘historic victory’ for the PML-N. While speaking to journalists, PML-N lawmakers said that re-election of Nawaz Sharif as PML-N president was in the best interest of the country, its people and democracy.
The PML-N workers distributed sweets in district courts and prominent squares to celebrate the party’s victory.
Earlier in October, the treasury benches bulldozed through the lower house of parliament a controversial electoral reforms bill amid scathing criticism and vociferous protest from the opposition benches. The Election Bill, 2017, commonly known as Electoral Reforms Bill which was approved by the Senate, was signed into law by President Mamnoon Hussain.
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A controversial clause in the bill allows disqualified politicians be office bearers of political parties. Section 203 of the Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 allows every citizen, except for government servants, to form a political party or become its office-bearer.
The bill seeks to augment eight sets of laws governing the electoral process in Pakistan including the Political Parties Order (PPO) 2002. According to PPO, Nawaz Sharif had to step down as PML-N chief after his disqualification by the Supreme Court in the Panamagate case.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 5th, 2017.
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