ISLAMABAD: Chief of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Dr. Tahirul Qadri on Thursday filed a petition in Supreme Court (SC), seeking restructuring of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported on Thursday.
Article 218 of the constitution deals with the matters relating to ECP, which stated that the ECP would be reconstituted under article 213, Qadri said while talking to media persons outside the apex court building.
PAT chief maintained that the constitution stated that the ECP would be consisted of five members. Under the constitution, 15 names would be presented before the parliament before the appointment of members in ECP. The parliament would hear all the 15 candidates under article 213, he said.
The constitution bounds parliamentary hearing before the appointment of members in the commission, he added.
DND