ECP ready to hold elections: Ishtiaq Ahmed

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The Secretary of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Ishtiaq Ahmed on Wednesday said that the commission is ready to conduct free and fair polls in the country.

Talking to media, the ECP secretary said that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor and Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had assured their support in scrutinizing the tax and asset details.

He further said that he had raised the issue of time period for scrutinizing the nomination papers of the election candidates and had suggested the parliamentary committee to increase the period from seven days to one month.

He further said that it came to his knowledge that the time period given in the constitution could only be changed through a constitutional amendment.

He added that now it was the responsibility of the lawmakers to perform legislation.