A meeting of the parliamentary committee of the government and the opposition was chaired by Chairman Shirin Mazari for the appointment of Election Commission members and Chief Election Commissioner, in which Alexander Sultan Raja was elected as the Chief Election Commissioner while Nisar Durrani and Shah Muhammad Jatoi became members of the Election Commission. went.
Alexander Sultan Raja was named by Prime Minister Imran Khan while Nisar Durrani and Shah Muhammad Jatoi were proposed by the opposition. This news was broken by Express News yesterday.
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Chairperson Shireen Mazari announced that Alexander Sultan Raja will be the new Chief Election Commissioner, Nisar Durrani Election Commission Member Sindh and Shah Muhammad Jatoi Election Commission Member Balochistan.
Shirin Mazari said that the Prime Minister is also being informed about the decision of the Parliamentary Committee. President Arif Alawi will approve the decision after which the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs will issue a notification and then the Chief Election Commissioner will take oath.
Alexander Sultan Raja is a former bureaucrat and has held several important positions in various governments. He has held the most important positions of Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan, Chief Secretary Azad Kashmir, Secretary Petroleum and Railways.
Election Commission members of both the provinces retired on January 26, 2019, and the constitution requires appointment of members within 45 days, but these appointments come into effect a year later due to differences between the government and the opposition.
After the retirement of the two members, the government and the opposition negotiated several times but could not agree on a name on which the federal government unilaterally appointed Khalid Mehmood Siddiqui from Sindh and Munir Ahmed Kakar from Balochistan in August. Refused to admit it.
Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Raza Khan also denied the appointment of new members as a violation of the constitution and took oath from the new members appointed by the government.
Announces the name of Alexander Sultan Raja for the new Chief Election Commissioner
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