PTI objects as legislation to overturn the verdict on reserved seats are approved by a NA committee.

 The pti registered its protest as a National Assembly committee on wednesday approved a bill  proposing amendments to the election law suggesting that a political party should not be allocated seats reserved for women and non muslim candidates if it failed  to submit its list for the reserved seats within the prescribed time.

The PML-N had tabled the election act (Amendment) bill 2024  in the national assembly on tuesday immediately after the bill was tabled .

law minister Azam nazeer tarar suggested it would  be appropriate if the bill was referred to a committee for input from all political parties .

another amendment proposed to the election act 2017 in the bill said that a candidate should be considers an independent lawmaker if they had not filed a declaration with the returning officer about their affiliation.

with a particular political party before seeking the allotment of a poll symbol .

Similarly it also said that an independent candidate  of any political party if at a later stage, they filed a statement to that effect.

The amendmnets  to sections 66 and 104 also included a declaration that the proposed amendments would take precedence over court orders including the supreme court.

Some political observers are seeing the controversial bil as move to frustrate the supreme court.

judgement on july,12.which had declared in the national assembly and provincial assemblies and also confirmed its status as a parliamentary party.

The national assembly standing committee on parliamentary affairs met to day to discuss the bill and approved it by a vote of eight against four with one  abstention from the jamiat ulema islam fazl.

Law minister azam nazeer tarar said the issue of independent members joining any political party and reserved seats was clear adding that the bill cleared up many confusions.

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