CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja, two ECP members to take oath today

ISLAMABAD: New Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan, Sikandar Sultan Raja will take oath of the office today, ARY News reported on Monday.

The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Chief Justice Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmed will administer the oath to the new election chief of Pakistan.

The oath taking ceremony is scheduled to held at 1:00 pm at the Supreme Court premises.

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs had notified Sikandar Sultan Raja, a former bureaucrat, as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Friday for a five-year term.

Moreover, the oath-taking of the two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) also scheduled to be held today at the head office of the ECP in Islamabad.

Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan will administer oath to Nasir Durrani and Shah Mohammad Jatoi as members of the ECP from Sindh and Balochistan respectively.

The Parliamentary Affairs had notified the appointment of the two members after President Arif Alvi endorsed their appointment under Article 213 and 215 read with Article 48 of the Constitution.

The government and the opposition after prolonged dialogue and a stalemate over the election commission appointments had reached to an agreement recently for the vacancies of the CEC and two members of the election commission.

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