CEC Appointment Hits Snag as Speaker Rejects Committee Request

The ongoing deadlock over the CEC appointment process escalated after National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq turned down Opposition Leader Omar Ayub’s request to form a parliamentary committee for nominating the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and two Election Commission members. Speaker Insists on Required Consultations In a formal letter to Omar Ayub, the Speaker said the …

PPP withdraws from all PDM positions, seeks apology

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has announced on Monday to withdraw from all positions of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). He announced that the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) has called upon its members to resign from the posts. Bilawal along with the party’s leaders held a news conference to speak …

PTI govt to initiate contempt proceedings against ECP

ISLAMABAD: The government has warned the ECP that it may face contempt charges. The PTI government said on Tuesday that if the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) does not tender resignations, it will face contempt charges. Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said consultations with the attorney-general were conducted after the Cabinet meeting, which …

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