Past 50 years, Pak had failed to conduct, fair elections

ISLAMABAD, 10 November: Prime Minister(PM) Imran Khan was addressing the members of the Parliament.

During his address, the prime minister said he became a politician to change the country.

He spoke about the need to bring about electoral reforms, saying that over the past 50 years, Pakistan had failed at conducting elections that were free, fair, transparent, and acceptable to all parties.

The prime minister wondered why the Opposition parties had supported the secrecy of the ballot during the Senate elections.

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His main focus is on (EVMs). He addressed that I really don’t know that why the opposition parties as well as ECP not accepting the EVMs process.

He spoke about the need for introducing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), adding that the government had sought help from the Opposition over the past year-and-a-half on how reforms could be introduced for EVMs.

“Who opposed it? The Opposition, and the Election Commission of Pakistan. What does the election commission have to do with it?” he wondered.

He lamented how “nothing happened” even after videos emerged of senators openly receiving bribes for their votes.