Speaker to invite five opposition MPs to reforms panel

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that the opposition be included in a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms.

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will chair the 20-member panel, which is to include five opposition members.

The National Assembly speaker will write to the opposition inviting it to join and seeking five names.

Opposition leaders have given a green light to a new Charter of Democracy proposed by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

An All Parties Conference is planned for the second week of November to announce the charter after further consultations.

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