ECP functional again as members take oath
July 27, 2016
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan became functional after four of its newly elected members took oath on Wednesday.
The oath taking ceremony was presided by Chief Election Commission Justice (R) Sardar Muhammad Raza. Retired Justice Altaf Ibrahim from Punjab, Abdul Ghaffar Soomro from Sindh, retired Justice Irshad Qaiser from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and retired Justice Shakeel Baloch from Baluchistan took the oath.
Only one in the four member retired Justice Irshad Qaiser was a woman.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan had given the federation July 27 as deadline to complete the Election Commission by appointing its four provincial members.
According to the 22nd Constitutional Amendment, ECP members have to be appointed within 45 days. Under Article 218 of the Constitution, the ECP comprises chief election commissioner and four members, one from each province.
