What has actually changed in Election Reform Bill 2017?

What has actually changed in Election Reform Bill 2017?

ISLAMABAD – The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has re-elected ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif as president of the party, day after the National Assembly passed the Election Reform Bill 2017.

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The bill, ratified by President Mamnoon Hussain, contains a controversial clause that allows politicians disqualified from holding public office to lead political parties.

Enraged opposition members protested the passing of the bill and tore copies of it after it was presented by Law Minister Zahid Hamid.

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Opposition leaders from Jamaat-e-Islami, Awami Muslim League, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) are persistently protesting over the clause that seeks to help a man disqualified by the Supreme Court to become the head of a party.

Also many in Pakistan are pointing out ‘un-Islamic’ amendments in the new Bill, which according to them clash with provision regarding finality of Prophethood (as mentioned in Article 62/63).

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