The National Assembly on Thursday again rejected the motion to issue funds for holding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pahtunkhwa.
A meeting of the Lower House of the Parliament was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf, in which Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar presented a motion to provide funds for elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which was rejected by the House.
Presenting the motion, the law minister said that the Supreme Court has again ordered to release Rs21 billion for elections, and will this House allow the bill to be introduced.
The House again unanimously rejected the motion.
On April 13, NA had rejected the motion moved by Law Minister Azam NAzir Tarar to issue funds for holding elections in Punjab.
Earlier, the federal cabinet on Monday once again refused to release funds for elections in Punjab.
The cabinet has linked Parliament’s node to implement orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in releasing Rs21 billion to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for holding elections.
