IHC to resume hearing on petition for appointment of ECP members on Dec 31.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed a case related to appointment of two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from Sindh and Balochistan for hearing on Dec 31, media reported.

An IHC bench headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah will hear the case.

The government and the opposition have thus far failed to evolve a consensus on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and two members of the electoral body.

The IHC bench during a previous hearing had asked the legislators to rise above their political differences and make constitAutional provisions workable.

It said the dignity, authority and supremacy of parliament was of great importance and intervention by the courts was neither desirable nor in line with the intent of the framers of the Constitution. The hearing was adjourned till Dec 31

At a meeting earlier on Dec 26, a bipartisan parliamentary panel failed to break the deadlock on filling three positions.

Earlier this month, Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza retired as Chief Election Commissioner upon completion of his five-year tenure amid the deadlock between the government and the opposition over...