ISLAMABAD: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Aftab Ahmed Sheikh on Monday apprised the Senate that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will display an initial list of delimitation of constituencies on February 28. Earlier, Leader of the Opposition Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan said that under the constitution, FATA had 12 seats, which could neither be increased nor decreased. There was no need for carrying out delimitation in FATA, he added. Later, the House passed the resolution, which recommended to the government that the process of delimitation of constituencies in FATA for the upcoming general elections should be stopped immediately, adding that the general elections 2018 should be held per previous delimitations. Meanwhile, a private member bill, titled ‘Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) (Amendment) Bill 2018’ was introduced in the House by Sitara Ayaz.

Source: Pakistan Today February 19, 2018 16:18 UTC