Under the Constitution, the ECP comprises chief election commissioner and four members one from each province. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) may remain incomplete for an indefinite period as its members from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are set to retire on Monday (today) with no signs in sight for their replacements.
The issue of appointment of ECP members from Sindh and Balochistan could not be resolved earlier for at least one year though the ECP members are to be appointed within 45 days of their retirement as per law.
Under the Constitution, the ECP comprises chief election commissioner and four members one from each province.
A two-judge SC bench headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed directed the ECP and other respondents to file comments by February next year. AFP/File
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan and others on a petition against the appointment of two serving and as many retired members of the ECP.
A two-judge SC bench headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed directed the ECP and other respondents to file comments by February next year.
The Aam Log Ittehad party, through its head retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed, approached the apex court against a judgement of the Sindh High Court for dismissing its petition in which the petitioner contended that the appointments of four ECP members were illegal.