Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) presented an amendment to the Election Act, 2017 in the National Assembly, proposing that independent candidates’ affidavits regarding the party affiliation should not be changed.
The proposed amendment in the law were tabled as a private members bill, by PML-N MNA Bilal Azhar Kiyani. The amendments suggested that an independent member cannot join any party three days after being notified.
“No independent member can join the second party after leaving the first party,” the amendment read.
In the amendments, it was also proposed that the parties that did not submit their priority lists will not be awarded reserved seats.
