New ECP members to take oath today
ECP has been dysfunctional since the previous four members retired on June 12
Election Commission of Pakistan. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
The four newly appointed members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will formally start working today (Wednesday) after taking oath of their offices.
The ECP, comprising the chief election commissioner and the four members, has been dysfunctional since the previous four members retired on June 12.
Among the tasks the new members would be dealing with immediately are important petitions of political nature pending with the top election body seeking disqualification of the prime minister and his close relatives.
The ECP is still dominated by retired judges even though parliament in the recently passed 22nd amendment also allowed appointment of retired bureaucrats and civil society members as members of the commission.
Only one non-judge member could make way to the commission from Sindh in the new appointments.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 27th, 2016.
The four newly appointed members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will formally start working today (Wednesday) after taking oath of their offices.
The ECP, comprising the chief election commissioner and the four members, has been dysfunctional since the previous four members retired on June 12.
Among the tasks the new members would be dealing with immediately are important petitions of political nature pending with the top election body seeking disqualification of the prime minister and his close relatives.
The ECP is still dominated by retired judges even though parliament in the recently passed 22nd amendment also allowed appointment of retired bureaucrats and civil society members as members of the commission.
Only one non-judge member could make way to the commission from Sindh in the new appointments.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 27th, 2016.