Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has responded to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s letter regarding key appointments of two members of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
In the letter, Sharif mentioned the alleged violation of some articles of the Constitution in the PM’s letter again.
The opposition leader suggested three names each for the vacant posts in ECP’s Sindh and Balochistan.
For Balochistan, advocate Muhammad Jatoi, Chief Justice (r) Balochistan High Court Muhammad Noor Meskanzai and former advocate general of Balochistan Muhammad Rauf Ata were recommended.
Sharif recommended three names, including Justice (r) Abdul Rasool Memon, Khalid Javed advocate and Justice (r) Noor-ul-Haq Qureshi for ECP’s Sindh chapter.
Earlier, on April 2, Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a four-page letter, had rejected all objections and allegations hurled by the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) that the government had violated the constitution by delaying the finalisation of the names of the ECP members from Balochistan and Sindh.
“Written consultation is surely preferred,” wrote Khan in the letter. “I again stress your good self to participate in the consultative process by giving your views in writing. In case you do not participate in the consultative process, the people of Pakistan and myself shall have no other option but to presume that you are evading the legal process, in which event further rights shall be reserved,” Khan had written without further elaboration.