Government and Opposition deadlock over Chief Election Commissioner and Members appointment

Government and Opposition deadlock over Chief Election Commissioner and Members appointment

ISLAMABAD - Government and Opposition deadlock over Chief Election Commissioner and Members appointment.

Matter for appointment of members of the Election Commission has been deferred for one week.

In-camera meeting of the parliamentary committee for appointment of members of the ECP was held in Islamabad on Wednesday with Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari in the chair.

The committee decided to finalize the name of members and Chief Election Commissioner at the same time.

The committee is pondering upon the names proposed by Prime Minister Imran Khan and Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif for the ECP members.