August 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) could be forced to function for a long period without replacing two of its members who retired last month after completing their constitutionally-mandated five-year tenure. The reason: there is little likelihood of any contact between the two principal parties that have to agree to the appointments.
The process could see a repeat of the 2019 deadlock over picking two other ECP members, who had then retired. Once again, Prime Minister Imran Khan and leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif are meant to select the new members through a meaningful and result-oriented consultation.
August 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) could be forced to function for a long period without replacing two of its members who retired last month after completing their constitutionally-mandated five-year tenure. The reason: there is little likelihood of any contact between the two principal parties that have to agree to the appointments.
The process could see a repeat of the 2019 deadlock over picking two other ECP members, who had then retired. Once again, Prime Minister Imran Khan and leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif are meant to select the new members through a meaningful and result-oriented consultation.
Prime Minister Imran Khan presides over a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Photo courtesy: Prime Minister s Office/Twitter
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday directed Pakistan’s navy and air force to vacate state land that they had “encroached on”, especially in the federal capital’s National Park area.
The cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, once again invited the opposition to sit with the government to discuss important national issues, but said talks would not be held with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Maryam Nawaz and Altaf Hussain.
“They have no right to even lead their parties as they are not part of the parliament,” the meeting said.
Shehbaz rejects appointment of NCSW chief
Says Fauzia Waqar was ignored although she had secured majority vote
Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly addressing a session in National Assembly on June 15, 2021. PHOTO: TWITTTER/@NAofPakistan
ISLAMABAD:
Days after Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Nilofar Bakhtiar as the chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, while challenging the move, rejected it as an “illegal appointment”.
In a letter written to the NA Speaker Asad Qaiser, the opposition leader expressed grave concerns over the appointment, which, he alleged, had “derogated the law and rules applicable on the subject” and ignored the majority opinion and vote.
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