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Draft for delimitation bill is to be presented in next NA session: Ayaz Sadiq

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker, Ayaz Sadiq has said that the draft bill for the delimitation of constituencies as per the recommendation and consent of the political parties.

This he said while talking to media persons after a meeting of political parties regarding the delimitation of constituencies on Wednesday. Ayaz Sadiq said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will now begin the process of delimitation as per the latest population census in light of General Elections 2018.

Ayaz Sadiq chaired a meeting which was attended by leaders of major political parties, including Khursheed Shah of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Shah Mehmood Qureshi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Earlier on Tuesday, Sadiq also chaired a similar meeting and after the meeting he informed the media that the total NA seats will remain 272 but there would be a change in the allocation of NA seats for the provinces.

However, the number of seats for Punjab will decrease; KP and Balochistan will see an increase, while an additional seat would be allocated for Islamabad.

Once the bill is passed by the NA, it would be sent to the Senate for approval. A session of the NA has been summoned for Thursday at 4pm.

The Frontier Post

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