ECP urges SC to transfer 'partisan' CCPO Lahore.

ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has challenged the Supreme Court's order of suspending the transfer of Lahore CCPO Ghulam Mehmood Dogar.

The electoral watchdog filed an application with the apex court, praying to become a party in a case relating to the transfer of Lahore CCPO Ghulam Mehmood Dogar.

'The incumbent officer has inclinations towards a particular political party and therefore the Commission has reasons to believe that he will not be able to fulfil its constitutional duties if the said officer remains the head of Division during the conduct of provincial assembly elections in Lahore,' an application submitted by the ECP though it's counsel Sajeel Sheharyar Swati said.

'The ECP is charged with a Constitutional duty of ensuring that the elections are conducted honestly, justly, fairly and in...