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ISLAMABAD: Justice retired Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi has taken the oath as the acting chief election commissioner (CEC) today.
Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi took the oath under Article 217 of the Constitution today.
Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi replaced Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has now technically been declared dysfunctional as it has only two members out of five and under the law, there should be at least three members on the bench to hear the cases.
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A day earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan recommended the names of Fazal Abbas, Babar Yaqoob and Arif Khan for the post of CEC.
The approval from the prime minister came on the last day of Justice (retd) Raza’s tenure and after opposition’s petition in the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter.
The government has proposed the names of Justice (retd) Sadiq Bhatti, Justice (retd) Noorul Haq Qureshi and Abdul Jabbar Qureshi for the post of the ECP member from Sindh. For Balochistan, the prime minister approved the names of Dr. Faiz Kakar, Naveed Jan Baloch, and Amanullah Baloch.
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