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  • Jan 14th, 2016
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Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday expressed the hope that the general elections of 2018 will be conducted by using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Biometric System to ensure free, fair and transparent polls in the country. Dar, who is chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms, was talking to reporters after the in-camera session of the panel, which reviewed the overall progress so far made by the Sub-Committee on Electoral Reforms.

He said that the Sub-Committee of the parliamentary body will finalise the draft of the unified laws in coming two to three weeks. With regard to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) concerns on giving overseas Pakistanis the right to vote, Dar said another the sub-committee headed by MNA Dr Arif Alvi will address the concerns. He said that the committee had reached consensus on bringing some amendments to the electoral laws and the committee would further deliberate on the controversial amendments. He said that the process of Electoral Reforms was continuing and the committee was not in a hurry, adding they were trying to bring flawless laws.

"No timeframe can be given to finalise the whole process, as we are not in a hurry and the next general elections is two and a half years away," he said when asked when the whole process will be completed. He said that the committee expressed satisfaction on the work done by the sub-committee.

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