Law to ‘sap’ PTI strength bulldozed through parliament

• Rules suspended to help passage of bill; minister says legislation prerogative of lawmakers, not ‘17 individuals’
• PTI up in arms; says assemblies turned into ‘rubber stamp’, vows to approach apex court
• Law will have retrospective effect; govt-ally MQM-P terms bill ‘attempt to pitch parliament against judiciary’

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday bulldozed a controversial election law, apparently aimed at circumventing the Supreme Court verdict on reserved seats and sap the expected strength of PTI in parliament...