PTI asks senator to explain absence during crucial vote
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: Amid the finger-pointing and accusations that surfaced following the passage of the Elections Bill 2017 from the Senate, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has issued a show-cause notice to its parliamentary leader in the upper house for not being present in the house while important legislative business was being voted on. On Friday, the new election law was passed with a clause that takes away the bar on those disqualified to become lawmakers from holding party office - an amendment seen as being specific to Nawaz Sharif. The mysterious role played by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the absence of a number of other members during the crucial vote paved the way for the...