PESHAWAR: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz said on Sunday that all the bills [related to electoral reforms and other issues] will be passed in the Parliament.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a briefing on the matter, all the allied parties have been convinced [to support the ordinance and bills],\u201d said Faraz, while informing media about consultations between the ruling party and its allies.<\/p>\n
The PTI allies, PML-Q and MQM-P, had expressed their concerns over the new legislation proposed by the government and complained of being “kept in the dark” over important decisions.<\/p>\n
The differences among the coalition partners emerged when the government postponed the joint sitting of the Parliament due to a lack of consensus over the bills to be placed for passage.<\/p>\n
Today, Faraz reiterated that bringing transparency in the electoral process is impossible without the use of modern technology as he asserted his support for the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).<\/p>\n
The minister said that the Opposition parties\u2019 alliance \u2014 the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) \u2014 is politicising inflation.<\/p>\n
\u201cPDM wants to oust the [incumbent] government by capitalising on inflation but it will fail,\u201d said Faraz, adding that inflation is rising on a global level and Pakistan is just another country that is affected by it.<\/p>\n
He said that PDM wants to benefit from every crisis but it neither has the solution for the problems of people nor does it have an alternate option to control inflation.<\/p>\n
Faraz further stated that the \u201ceconomic situation of Afghanistan is worrisome\u201d, adding that international forces must play their part in the Afghan crisis.<\/p>\n