Zafar Iqbal appointed as new ECP secretary.

ISLAMABAD -- Election Commissioner of Punjab Zafar Iqbal Hussain has been appointed as new secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), media reported.

Sources said that Zafar Iqbal will replace Babar Yaqoob who will retire on 31st of December. Acting chief election commissioner (CEC) has approved the decision to appoint Zafar Iqbal as new secretary ECP.

It is pertinent to mention here that Babar Yaqoob served as secretary ECP for over four years.

Earlier on December 3, a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had...

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