Punjab, KP support open ballot for Senate polls
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have come out in support of the presidential reference before the Supreme Court seeking an opinion on open ballot for the coming Senate elections. “It is the considered view of the Punjab that the reference in question may kindly be answered in the affirmative so that by undertaking necessary remedial statutory action, the Election Act 2017 is amended and enable the elections to the Senate to be held through open ballot,” pleads Advocate General of Punjab Ahmad Awais in a rejoinder. “This provincial government supports the reference No. 01, 2020, sent by the President to this Honourable Court,” says the KP advocate general in his...