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08-20-2014, 06:40 AM
LAHORE: Christians belonging to Pakistan Christian National Party and Centre for Legal Aid and Assistance (CLAAS) have demanded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to include mi**rities in the election reforms committee being set up by the government to address rigging allegations and recommend changes in the electoral law.
In a meeting held here at the party headquarters Tuesday, Pakistan Christian National Party vice-chairman Martin Javed Michael, CLAAS director Joseph Francis, human rights activist Peter Jacobs, CLAAS programme ******r Catherine Sapna, Albert Davis of the Pakistan Christian United Movement, and former Archbishop of Lahore Alexander John Malik discussed political development in the country.
Talking to The News, Michael said the meeting had come to a conclusion that mi**rities required representation in all decision-making bodies, including the election reforms committee being constituted by the government to propose changes to the electoral system and rules regulating the working of Election Commission of Pakistan.
He said mi**rities in the country had serious reservations regarding fairness of elections in Pakistan and hence should participate in policy formulation. He said attempts to halt the supremacy of democracy and parliamentary sovereignty would fail. Their suggestions for mi**rity representation in the committee had been forwarded to relevant persons in the government, he concluded.
In a meeting held here at the party headquarters Tuesday, Pakistan Christian National Party vice-chairman Martin Javed Michael, CLAAS director Joseph Francis, human rights activist Peter Jacobs, CLAAS programme ******r Catherine Sapna, Albert Davis of the Pakistan Christian United Movement, and former Archbishop of Lahore Alexander John Malik discussed political development in the country.
Talking to The News, Michael said the meeting had come to a conclusion that mi**rities required representation in all decision-making bodies, including the election reforms committee being constituted by the government to propose changes to the electoral system and rules regulating the working of Election Commission of Pakistan.
He said mi**rities in the country had serious reservations regarding fairness of elections in Pakistan and hence should participate in policy formulation. He said attempts to halt the supremacy of democracy and parliamentary sovereignty would fail. Their suggestions for mi**rity representation in the committee had been forwarded to relevant persons in the government, he concluded.