PR No. 259 LAWS REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETS Islamabad: April 27, 2017

Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar here on Thursday chaired meeting of the Laws Review Committee.

The meeting reviewed progress of work on the electoral reforms and emphasized efforts to expedite matters regarding preparation of the draft bill in this regard.

The Finance Minister said it was the deep resolve of the present government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to introduce electoral reforms in the country and it had made untiring efforts to realize this objective. He said the Government had extended due consideration to proposals and inputs of all stakeholders and desired to get the draft electoral bill ready to be tabled in the parliament for enactment.

The Laws Review Committee also had a brief review on progress regarding legislation on the Companies Law which aims at large scale improvement in corporate governance in the country.

Federal Minister for Law, Mr. Zahid Hamid, Minister of State for IT, Ms Anusha Rehman Khan, Attorney General of Pakistan, Mr. Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Law, Barrister Zafarullah Khan attended the meeting.

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