ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday ended its boycott of the proceedings of the parliamentary panel on electoral reforms after one month.
According to details, the boycott was ended after National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq cleared the reservations of ECP and persuaded them to resume their duties. The members attended today’s session as well.
ECP members had announced their boycott on March 2 after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accused it of planning to rig the next general elections.
The work on electoral reforms was facing delay as no meetings of the parliamentary panel had been conducted for one month and eight days.
Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza had also written a letter to Ayaz Sadiq to inform about their decision and take action against the PTI lawmakers who violated the conduct.
On the other hand, Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has on Monday said in a statement at Islamabad’s National Press Club that PTI should participate in process of electoral reforms.
She said PTI has not been attending the session of parliament regularly and its chief, Imran Khan, wants to pressurise the institutions.
