ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz has asserted that the PTI-led federal government was making efforts that all elections, including the general and Senate, should be held in a transparent manner.
“We want that the elections should be transparent and impartial,” the information minister said while addressing a news conference after the weekly Federal Cabinet meeting today (Wednesday).
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan pointed out that after the 1970 election, there had always been objections about the electoral process. He recalled that the electoral reforms were carried out in 2017 but the committee headed by Ishaq Dar ignored the issue of electronic voting.
The minister referred to the recent United States elections where the two presidential candidates had a problem over the electoral process, but after developing consensus on electronic voting the matter was resolved.
“The government is taking measures to hold the next general elections through electronic voting to ensure transparency and impartiality in elections,” he said, adding that this would also enable overseas Pakistanis to partake in the voting.
He further said that the overseas Pakistanis were rendering great services for Pakistan, besides sending substantial foreign remittances. “In the next elections the overseas Pakistanis would be given the opportunity of electronic voting so that they could have a voice,” he added.
Talking about the rape incidents, he said that the premier has taken the notice of the increasing incidents of sexual crimes against women and children despite the passage of Zainab Alert Bill.
According to Shibli, the Prime Minister also directed the relevant authorities to take measures to stop such incidents. Shibli Faraz also said the inheritance bill was meant to protect the legal rights of women and for getting the succession certificate.
