Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif earlier today asked members of two different committees to contact different political parties to ensure transparency in the Senate elections and discourage the curse of horse trading.
In a meeting here at the PM House, the Prime Minister asked the members of these committees to enhance contacts with political parties so that procedures necessary for stopping horse trading can be agreed upon before the upcoming Senate elections, including a Constitutional amendment, if required.
The Prime Minister himself will also contact heads of the political parties in this regard, a statement from the PM House said.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar; Minister for Information Pervaiz Rashid; Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal; Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique; Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan; Minister of State for IT Ms. Anusha Rahman; Minister of State for Petroleum Jam Kamal Khan and Special Assistants to PM Khawaja Zaheer Ahmad and Barrister Zafarullah Khan
