The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its judgement on a plea against its scrutiny committee’s order to keep the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) financial documents secret. Photo courtesy Radio Pak/File
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its judgement on a plea against its scrutiny committee’s order to keep the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) financial documents secret.
These documents include the mostly secret 23 PTI bank statements revealed on the instructions of the State Bank of Pakistan. The order may have significant consequences for the long pending foreign funding case filed by PTI’s founding member and petitioner Akbar S. Babar in November 2014.
Govt cannot remove CEC, ECP members
National
March 16, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) cannot be removed by the government or any other authority and their ouster is possible only by following the constitutional procedure applicable to the exit of a superior court judge.
A reference is required to be sent to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against the CEC or any member of the ECP for his expulsion. There are three ways in which the CEC or an ECP member can be removed. They themselves resign, they are held guilty of misconduct by the SJC or are incapable of performing their functions due to physical or mental incapacity.
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