IHC gives parliament 10 days to finalise ECP appointments.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday gave the parliament 10 more days to resolve the matter over two appointments in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The court has summoned report regarding the matter till 10:30 AM on 31st December. The court has directed the Chairman Senate Mir Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani and Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser to help resolve the issue till 31st December.

An IHC bench - headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah - resumed hearing of a petition challenging the appointment of two ECP members from Sindh and Balochistan through a presidential decree.

IHC CJ Athar Minallah heard the petitions of the PML-N leaders, Barrister Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha, Murtuza Javed Abbasi and Jahangir Khan Jadoon. Deputy Attorney General Syed Muhammad Tayyab Shah on behalf of the government appeared before the bench. The National Assembly secretary...

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