The House on Saturday passed a motion authorizing the Speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee for electoral reforms in order to ensure free, fair and transparent elections.

The Motion moved by Murtaza Javed Abbassi said the committee will present its report within three months from the day of its notification.

The National Assembly on Saturday passed a resolution strongly condemning the physical and verbal attack on Punjab Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari by the PTI and PML-Q members to sabotage the process of election of Punjab Chief Minister.

The resolution moved by Shaza Fatima, voiced concerns over the security of the members of Panjab Assembly and blatant violation of the constitution.  It urged that law and order be restored and the process of election of Chief Minister be completed.

The resolution also demanded that those responsible for the incident be dealt with according to law in order to prevent such actions in future.