ISLAMABAD: The Senate criticised on Thursday a decision made by a jirga in Diamer district to bar women from casting vote in elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly to be held next month. Nasrin Jalil of the MQM raised the issue. Quoting media reports, she said that candidates from PML-N, PPP, the PTI and JUI-F had also attended the jirga. She regretted that the candidates of political parties which made tall claims about democracy had endorsed the undemocratic decision. Saeed Ghani of PPP informed the house that his party had decided to withdraw the ticket it had awarded to its candidate after taking notice of his becoming part of the undemocratic exercise. Leader of the...
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