Leader of Opposition in National Assembly and Pakistan People’s Party stalwart Khursheed Shah on Tuesday endorsed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s demand that officials of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) tender their resignations in light of the findings of the Judicial Commission report.
Talking to reporters, Khursheed Shah said the poll-inquiry commission had cast serious doubts on the ECP’s performance following which “its members should resign on their own”. Shah criticised ECP members saying they were getting salaries “as high as Rs 800,000 per month which would be difficult to give up” but the institution’s performance had not been up to the mark.
The poll-inquiry commission tasked to inquire the 2013 general election released its report on Thursday, in which it said that the elections were in “large part conducted in accordance with law,” but there were serious “lapses” and “shortcomings” on part of the ECP.
“ECP officials should have packed their bags and gone home after the JC report,” Shah said.
