Pakistan Prez returns bills seeking election reforms, amendments to NAB ordinance
- Thursday, June 4,2022
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Islamabad, June 4 (UNI) Pakistan President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday returned two bills seeking to reverse the controversial changes made in the election laws by the previous PTI government regarding the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and i-voting for overseas Pakistanis and clipping the vast powers of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), to the prime minister for "reconsideration and detailed deliberation by the parliament and its committee(s)", Dawn reported. Both the bills had been passed by the National Assembly and the Senate last month, after which, they were awaiting president's assent to become law. However, the bills were returned by President Alvi on Saturday, saying that they had violated Article 46 of the Constitution, according to which the prime minister "shall keep the president informed on all matters of internal and foreign policy and on all legislative proposals the federal government intends to bring before Majlis-e-Shoora (parliament)". A statement from the President's Secretariat said, that the president was not informed about the legislative proposals before bringing the bills to parliament.