ISLAMABAD:The Parliamentary Committee chaired by Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Tuesday ended without deciding on the names for posts in ECP.
The huddle was held to discuss appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
During the meeting, the committee considered nominations for appointment of members of the ECP from Sindh and Balochistan forwarded by the government and the opposition.
Initially the committee had agreed on name of Naveed Jan Balooch for member of Baluchistan.
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan Swati and State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan were also participated in the huddle.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mushahidullah said that the government wants to negotiate the matter at eleventh hour. We are reviewing all the names, he added.
It is to be mentioned here that the government and the opposition forwarded their nominations for appointment of ECP members to Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser and chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjarani, who then forwarded it to the parliamentary committee for consideration.
