Special Committee on Delimitation of Constituencies elects chairman

ISLAMABAD, March 14 (APP):The 1st meeting of the Special Committee on Delimitation of Constituencies was held on Wednesday here at the
Parliament House. The purpose of the meeting was to elect the Committee Chairman.
The Committee unanimously elected Murtaza Javed Abbasi, MNA/Deputy Speaker, as Chairman of the Special Committee.
While discussing the agenda pertaining to the issue of grievances/reservations of the members of the National Assembly regarding recently carried out delimitation by the Election Commission of Pakistan, the Committee expressed deep concern on the delimitation; and constituted nine (9) Members Working Group under the Convenership of Minister for Privatization Daniyal Aziz.
The Group will make suggestions/proposals within three (3) days to address the issue of new delimitation of constituencies which would be sent to the Election Commission of Pakistan; for resolution, said a press release.
The Committee discussed the following issues including Clockwise delimitation; Stark discrepancies while determining the boundaries of the Constituencies on different criteria of population; Issue of Sections 20/21 of Election Act; 2017; Constitution of Election Tribunals for hearing appeals against the delimitation of Constituencies; and Poor Performance of Election Commission of Pakistan with regard to provision of Maps of the Constituencies to the General Public.
The meeting was also attended by Lt. Gen. (Retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch, Minister for State and Frontier Regions, Daniyal
Aziz, Minister for Privatization, Sheikh Aftab Ahmed, Minister for Parliamentary Affaris, Mehmood Bashir Virk, Minister for Law
and Justice, Miftah Ismail, Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Zahid Hamid, Syed Naveed Qamar, Dr. Arif Alvi, Siraj Muhammad Khan, S.A Iqbal Quadri, Ms. Naeema Kishwer Khan, Ms. Ayisa Nasir, Ghous Bux Khan Mahar, Sahibzada Tariq Ullah, Mehmood
Khan Achakzai, Alhaj Shahji Gul Afridi, MNAs, and officers of the ECP, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry of Statistics.