ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court today turned down a petition from the PTI against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from Sindh Nisar Durrani.
The ECP has a chairman, who is also the chief election commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, and four members, one from each of the four provinces.
The PTI had filed the appointment of ECP member from the Sindh province, Nisar Durrani, and urged the Islamabad High Court to remove him.
However, the Islamabad High Court rejected the petition and termed it inadmissible. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the argument from both sides and rejected the petition.
PTI chairman Imra Khan and other party leaders have been attacking the ECP since they were in the government.
Chief Justice of IHC Athar Minallah said that the ECP is a constitutional body and the Constitution has mentioned the process to remove an ECP member.
He asked from the PTI counsel about the process given in the constitution, and the lawyer said that under the law the Supreme Judicial Council was in a position to remove an ECP member.
Then chief justice of the IHC stated that the court will follow the Constitution and nothing else.
The lawyer claimed that Sindh ECP member’s was a different case and the court could use its constitutional jurisdiction, but IHC chief justice rejected it.
