Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party has invited the opposition to participate in the Electoral Reforms Committee.
Speaking after the meeting with the opposition delegation, Vice President PPP Senator Sherry Rehman said that we went to meet the opposition delegation today on the instructions of our Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. We asked the opposition to ensure that all parties participate in the electoral reforms committees of both houses.

Sherry Rehman said that the opposition must play an active role in this committee and openly express its concerns. Committees are the heart of parliamentary affairs. If they are absent, how will their concerns be addressed?

She said that every era has its own challenges. We say that they should also come to every standing committee, which they have boycotted. We have been making a pact for electoral reforms in every era. The opposition leaders listened to us with goodwill and said that we will consult and respond to you. We hope that they will respond positively to our suggestions.

On the other hand, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, while talking to the media, said that the National Assembly has approved the formation of the Election Reforms Committee, the Speaker of the National Assembly will soon issue an official notification of the establishment of the committee.

He said that the process of finalizing the names of the members of the committee is still pending, when the motion was presented in the National Assembly, the PTI did not oppose it, the proposed committee will consist of 30 members, including 20 from the National Assembly and 10 from the Senate.

Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said that the distribution of seats in the committee will be based on the numerical ratio of the parties in the house, the aim of the formation of the committee is to promote consultation and consensus at the parliamentary level for improvement, transparency and reforms in the electoral system.

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs said that our effort will be to give due importance to the positive, constructive and workable suggestions of all parliamentary parties, including the opposition, in the electoral reform process so that the goal can be to create an electoral system that further strengthens transparency, trust and democratic values.

He said that electoral reforms are not the responsibility of any single party but a common national issue to strengthen the democratic system. To achieve this goal, all political parties should play their effective role by prioritizing mutual consultation and national interest.