A bill to grant additional powers to interim set-up to supress lone opposition

A joint session of the Parliament on Wednesday passed amendments to the Election Act 2017, granting the caretaker government powers to take actions or decisions regarding existing bilateral or multilateral agreements and projects.

The Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2023, was presented by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Murtaza Javed Abbasi.

The PML-N had on Sunday announced that an amendment was being introduced to empower the interim setup to have powers similar to that of an elected government.

“The interim setup will not be confined to day-to-day affairs of the government till elections are held. An amendment is being brought (to the Constitution) to empower the caretaker setup to take important decisions like an elected government does,” PML-N supreme leader’s spokesperson Muhammad Zubair said.

The amendment is among several others being proposed to the elections laws ahead of polls scheduled to take place later this year.

However, during a joint session of the Parliament a day earlier, objections were raised to the amendment after which it was deferred for a day.

Now one can easily understand the fate of this fabricated elections under the nose of state institutions.

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