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19
sentences that state something as happening or true
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5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A PPP delegation called on Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas on Friday and urged the opposition to join a proposed parliamentary committee on electoral reforms, Senator Sherry Rehman said after the meeting.
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Rehman → call → meeting
“He told us that he will respond [to the proposal] after consultation.
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he → tell → consultation
We are hopeful that their response will be positive,” Rehman said in a video statement.
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Rehman → say → statement
The proposal for the committee’s formation was shared by PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday.
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proposal → share → Thursday
He had said Parliament had decided to constitute a committee on electoral reforms in response to a PPP request and urged Opposition Leader in the NA Mehmood Khan Achakzai to nominate a representative to the committee since the opposition had described electoral rigging as a “fundamental issue”.
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opposition → say → issue
PTI lawmakers had quit the parliamentary standing committees last year on the directives of their party chief.
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lawmakers → quit → chief
Another PPP delegation, comprising party’s secretary general Nayyar Bokhari, Senator Waqar Mehdi, Nadeem Afzal Chan and Rehman, visited Senate Opposition Leader Abbas today with yet another invitation to join the proposed body.
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delegation → comprise → body
“Every political party should ensure its participation in the committee.
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party → ensure → committee
We all know that the PTI has boycotted parliamentary committees.
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PTI → know → committees
So we asked them to join this committee, play an active role in it, express their reservations and suggest reforms,” Rehman said in the video statement.
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Rehman → ask → statement
These committees, she said, were the “heart of parliamentary work”.
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she → say → work
She further stated that the PTI should participate in other parliamentary committees as well and “strengthen Parliament’s role”.
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PTI → state → role
Rehman added that Abbas had welcomed the PPP delegation, expressed gratitude to Bilawal and said they would respond to the proposal after consultation.
“We are hopeful that their response will be positive,” she said.
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she → add → consultation
A day earlier, another PPP delegation invited Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai to participate in the parliamentary committee to promote consultation and discussion among parliamentary representatives on electoral reforms.
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delegation → invite → reforms
Later, in a press conference, Raja Pervez Ashraf said the PPP delegation had a meeting with Achakzai on Bilawal’s instructions to invite him to join the committee.
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delegation → say → committee
“The PPP wants the PTI to participate in parliamentary standing committees as well as the electoral reforms committee,” he added.
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he → want → committees
Achakzai had sought time to consult before responding to the invitation, he said.
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he → seek → invitation
Addressing a rally in Karachi earlier this month, Bilawal had also extended an olive branch to the opposition parties, saying their positive engagement with the federal government could result in the reversal of governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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engagement → address → Pakhtunkhwa
The PPP chairman had invited the opposition to join the Parliamentary electoral reforms process and “engage with the federal government”.
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chairman → invite → government