ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday ended its boycott of Electoral Reforms Committee following a telephone to Secretary ECP by Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
As per details, NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq made a telephone call to Secretary ECP Baber Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad and persuaded him to end boycott of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms. Following the call, the ECP decided to attend the committee’s meeting.
Last month, the ECP had boycotted the proceedings of the parliamentary panel on electoral reforms after being accused by a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker of preparing to rig the coming general elections.
Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza had written a letter to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to convey the decision and seek action against the PTI legislators who, in his view, had violated the rules of procedure of the committee and principle of confidentiality.
ECP Secretary Babar Yaqub Fateh Mohammad and other officials walked out of a meeting of a subcommittee of the parliamentary panel on March 2 after a PTI lawmaker accused the commission of preparing to rig 2018’s general elections while questioning ‘replacement’ of provincial election commissioners.
