National Assembly on Monday passed the Elections Bill 2017.
Following the bill has passed from the National Assembly, former disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif can the chairmanship of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
The Election bill 2017 was presented by Law Minister Zahid Hamid
Following the billed passed from the NA, opposition MNAs chanted slogans against Nawaz Sharif.
While addressing the National Assembly, Awami Muslim League Head Sheikh Rasheed had spoken against the bill.
“You are risking the country’s democracy over one person,” he said, adding “You have attacked the Supreme Court with a rocket launcher.”
Nawaz Sharif doesn’t even want to see his brother (Shehbaz Sharif) as a party leader, he remarked. “You can start digging the grave of democracy with your majority,” he said while referring to the PML-N parliamentarians.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi remarked that the clause 203 of the bill is against the spirit of the country’s Constitution.
