NA approves changes in composition of Committee probing election rigging

ISLAMABAD, Oct 03 (APP):The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a motion for amendment in the composition
of committee announced to probe the charges of election rigging.
Minister
of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan moved the motion and said that
National Assembly passed a motion earlier on September 18, 2018 for
constituting a committee of the House to investigate the charges of election rigging.
He said that it has been agreed to bring change in composition of the committee
and Senate is being given representation in it.
He said
there would be 30 members of this Parliamentary Committee of which ten would be
from Senate. Moreover, the minister said
that 50% members would be from the treasury benches and 50% from the Opposition
benches.
The
Chairman of the Committee would be from the treasury benches, he said adding that
the government has fulfilled its promise to investigate into allegations
regarding election rigging which the previous government did not.