ISLAMABAD: The Special Committee on Delimitation of Constituencies (SCDC) in its 3rd meeting held at Parliament House on Wednesday discussed the working and recommendations of the Working Group.
With Deputy Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi in the chair, the SCDC discussed recommendations of the report of the Working Group at length which included passage of constitutional amendment bill by deleting the provision of constitutional amendment along with the provisional census data being used.
It recommended that the amendment to the section 20 of the Elections Act, 2017 be made as an ordinance to bring the sub-rule (5) of rule 10 of Election Rules, 2017 into the main text of the act, and for blocking the fractionalisation at the district level and clarifying the administrative boundaries.
It also suggested constituting an inquiry under the Pakistan Commission of Inquiry Act, 2017 under the retired judge to inquire into the gross violation of law and rules by the delimitation committees and its motivations, their communication as well as their examination under oath. It further asks the reasons for the commission to overlook such gross violation of uniformity in applications of the law and rules.
The committee also suggests filing of public interest litigation under Article 184 of the constitution in the public interest to adjudicate on the gross violation of law and tampering of rights by the ECP and its motivators.
Moreover, resolution by the parliament itemizing the grave violations by the ECP and FBS and providing for its remedy by the respective institutions was also recommended.
The committee also agreed on the findings made by the Working Group on the delimitation of constituencies by ECP. It was decided that the report may be circulated to all the members of the SCDC for their views and comments.
The meeting was attended by MNAs including Daniyal Aziz, SA Iqbal Qadri, Sahibzada Tariqullah, Siraj Muhammad Khan and Naeema Kishwar Khan.
