Controversial polls bill set to be pushed through Senate

ISLAMABAD: In an apparent move to get the controversial Elections Act (Amendment) Bill passed by both houses of parliament, President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned a Senate session on Aug 5 (Monday) in exercise of powers conferred on him by Article 54(1) of the Constitution.

Informed sources said the bill, which had already been cleared by the National Assembly’s relevant standing committee, would land in the Senate on Monday evening after being passed in the lower house the same day.