ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition have picked names to fill vacant seats in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which will be finalized by a parliamentary committee in its meeting on Monday.
Speaking to media outside the Parliament House on Thursday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Leader of the Opposition Syed Khursheed Shah said that efforts will be made to have unanimously one name from both government and opposition sides.
Dar said that the procedure of appointment of ECP members will be held in accordance with rules. He said the consensus of the prime minister and the opposition leader was necessary to fill such posts.
He said all the names received from government and opposition parties from all four provinces will be sent to the office of the National Assembly (NA) speaker and then would be referred to the parliamentary committee for final approval.
The minister said that efforts were being made to follow the constitutional limit of 45 days to notify the names on July 25 following the due procedure and law. He said that several joint meetings of government and opposition were held to resolve the matter in a positive way and expressed hope that names will be finalized with consensus.
He said virtually the committee starts its work when it receives names of members from opposition and governments of four provinces. The names included retired judges and bureaucrats of grade 22 or above, he added.
Syed Khursheed Shah said realizing its national responsibility the opposition has tried its level best to present the name of those who were non-controversial. He added names of only those persons were included who were known for transparency and had no political background.
He said that the opposition finalized all names after detailed discussion with all opposition parties.
Shah, however, admitted that there was immense pressure in finalization of names from opposition to ensure that names were non-controversial.
He said that opposition had collected three names from each province and the process was completed with satisfaction of all nine opposition parties including Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
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