The names are Fazal Abbas, Babar Yaqoob and Arif Khan.
ISLAMABAD: PM Imran khan recommended three names for the post of chief election commissioner (CEC), the names are Fazal Abbas, Babar Yaqoob and Arif Khan.
The prime minister approval came on the last day of chief election commissioner Justice (retd) Sardar Mohammad Raza’s tenure and after opposition’s petition in the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter.
Earlier, Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif had recommended the names of Nasir Mahmood Khosa, Jalil Abbas Jilani and Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar for the post of CEC.
A meeting of parliamentary panel on Wednesday ended in a deadlock between the treasury and opposition benches over the appointment of ECP members with both sides sticking to their stance.