Amendment to Article 63 to be introduced in next week

A bill comprising three amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan would be presented in the Parliament next week ahead of the upcoming Senate elections, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference at the Press Information Department (PID) here in Islamabad, Babar Awan said the constitutional amendment bill proposes allowing “voting not to be hidden.”

“To date, no one ever talked about legislation to make the Senate elections fair,” the PM’s aide underscored. “For the first time in Pakistan’s history, a constitutional package for reforms has been prepared.

He said “the bill will introduce three amendments,” one of which would be “to Article 63-1C of the Constitution” he added.

He said “We’re using the words ‘open vote’ instead of ‘single transferable vote.”