ISLAMABAD: The interim federal cabinet on Wednesday approved an amendmentto the Election Act 2017, which restricts the number of judges in theelection tribunal by two.
In a meeting chaired by interim Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, the meetingreviewed matters related to transparency in the election, and approved theamendment to constitute election tribunals to tackle complaints regardingrigging.
The cabinet approved amendment in the sub-clause 3 of Clause 6 of the act.
The tribunal members will be appointed with approval by the relevant chiefjustice of the high court, to tackle complaints regarding national andprovincial assemblies as well as Senate.
The clause at the moment allows the appointment of three or more judges,and could present a problem in resolving the complaints in the stipulatetime period of 120 days due to the unavailability of more than two judges.