Parliamentary Committee to be held again today

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee will be again held today over the nomination of members of the Election Commission of Pakistan in the Parliament House.

Human Rights Minister Dr. Shireen Mazari will chair the committee where the nominations for appointment of members of the Chief Election Commissioner and of members of the ECP will be made.

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Earlier during the parliamentary committee meeting held earlier on Tuesday, the government and the Opposition forwarded their nominations for appointment of Members of the ECP to the Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser and the Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjarani.

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Both the custodians forwarded these nominations to the Parliamentary Committee for consideration.

The government was required to appoint their successors within 45 days of their retirement.

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The delay was caused by disagreements between the government and opposition on the appointment of ECP members as meetings of a parliamentary committee comprising members from both sides ended in a stalemate.