Mazari elected head of MPs body on ECP constitution.

ISLAMABAD -- The Parliamentary Committee on appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Members of the Election Commission of Pakistan Tuesday unanimously elected Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari as its chairperson.

The Secretary, National Assembly Secretariat welcomed the members and briefed them about the procedure for election of the chairperson.

Muhammad Mian Soomro, MNA, proposed the name of Dr. Shireen Mazari as chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee while Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah seconded her candidature.

Accordingly, Dr. Mazari was unanimously elected as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Members of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

The Secretary, National Assembly Secretariat, congratulated the newly elected chairperson on behalf of the Speaker and assured her full support from the Secretariat for effective and efficient functioning of the committee.

After being elected, Dr. Mazari hoped that worthy members will be appointed in ECP. She asserted that the members will be selected without giving preference to any party.

'I hope that our decision will be unanimous so that no electoral process is questioned in future,' she added.

The meeting was attended by MNAs Muhammad Mian Soomro, Omer Ayub Khan, Dr. Shireen Mazari, Syed Fakhar Imam, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Shahida Akhtar Ali, Senator Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, Senator Naseebullah Bazai, Senator Dr. Sikandar Mandhro besides the senior officers of the...