ISLAMABAD, Jun 3 (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Thursday said the use of modern technology would be essential for free, fair and transparent elections in the country.
“The use of technology is vital for every sector as we will have to keep pace with today’s world,” he said during a meeting with a delegation of Pakistan Bar Council and District Bar Council Faisalabad. Advisor to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Shahbaz Gill was also present in the meeting.
Fawad said the government desired to hold elections in a manner so that no one could point the finger over their transparency and fairness.
He urged the lawyers community to give their input about the proposed electoral reforms.
The minister said the Faisalabad Bar Council could also utilise the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to conduct its elections as Rawalpindi, Multan and Islamabad bar councils had already demanded the government to provide EVMs.
He said Pakistan’s interest was supreme to all. As the lawyers community were playing a significant role in the country as evident from their valiant struggle for the supremacy of Constitution and rule of law.
The minister assured that the proposal to set up a high court bench in Faisalabad would be considered.
He said the lawyers community would also be provided homes under the Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme launched by the Prime Minister Imran Khan.
SAPM Shahbaz Gill on the occasion said the lawyers would be provided houses on merit in the low cost housing scheme.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) government, he said, was well aware of the lawyers’ problems and asked them to prepare recommendations in that regard.
Representatives of the bar associations said they were standing with the government for the rule of law.
The bar associations, they said, would play a leading role on national issues.
Besides Pakistan Bar Council member Ishtiaq A Khan, the delegation included District Bar Association Faisalabad President Akhtar Ali Virk,
Secretary Khurram Ijaz Gallo, members Farrukh Gul, Malik Khalid Shafiq and Khalid Awan, and Convener Zafar Iqbal Mangan, and ILF Faisalabad President Javed Sharif Bandisha and Secretary Finance Mansoor Butt.
