{"id":3555,"date":"2026-10-30T22:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2026-10-30T22:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:03:55","slug":"na-speaker-seeks-names-for-30-member-parliamentary-committee-on-electoral-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3555","title":{"rendered":"NA speaker seeks names for 30-member parliamentary committee on electoral reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has sought nominations from the government and opposition for a 30-member parliamentary committee tasked with proposing reforms to Pakistan\u2019s electoral system.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The speaker has written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani and National Assembly Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai, requesting them to suggest names for the committee.<\/p>\n

According to the proposed composition, the committee will comprise 20 members from the National Assembly and 10 from the Senate. Political parties will be represented in proportion to their numerical strength in the respective houses.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said in a post on X that the National Assembly had approved the formation of the electoral reforms committee and that the speaker would issue its formal notification soon.<\/p>\n

He said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had not opposed the resolution when it was presented in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

The minister said the committee aimed to improve the electoral system, enhance transparency and promote parliamentary consultation and consensus among political parties.<\/p>\n

He added that the government would give due consideration to constructive and practical proposals from the opposition and other parliamentary parties to strengthen public confidence in the electoral process and democratic institutions.<\/p>\n

<\/a>PPP reaches out to opposition parties<\/h3>\n

The proposal to establish the parliamentary committee gained momentum after Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said in the National Assembly that parliament had decided to form an electoral reforms committee at his party\u2019s request.<\/p>\n

Bilawal also urged opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai to propose names for the committee.<\/p>\n

The PPP has since begun approaching opposition parties to secure their participation in the proposed body.<\/p>\n

On Friday, a PPP delegation led by Senator Sherry Rehman met Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas and invited him to join the committee.<\/p>\n

Following the meeting, Rehman said Abbas had welcomed the delegation and promised to respond after consulting his colleagues.<\/p>\n

She expressed hope that his response would be positive, adding that PTI had also been invited to participate despite its boycott of parliamentary standing committees.<\/p>\n

The PPP said it wanted opposition parties to present their concerns and proposals as part of the electoral reform process.<\/p>\n

Earlier, another PPP delegation met Achakzai and invited him to join the committee.<\/p>\n

Former prime minister and PPP leader Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said the delegation had approached the opposition leader on Bilawal\u2019s instructions.<\/p>\n

He said the PPP wanted PTI to participate in the electoral reforms committee as well as parliamentary standing committees.<\/p>\n

According to Ashraf, Achakzai had sought time to consult before responding to the invitation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has sought nominations from the government and opposition for a 30-member parliamentary committee tasked with proposing reforms to Pakistan\u2019s electoral system. The speaker has written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani and National Assembly Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai, requesting them to suggest names for the committee. According to the proposed composition, the committee will comprise 20 members from the National Assembly and 10 from the Senate. Political parties will be represented in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}