ECP gives clean chit to TLP in foreign funding case,
No chance of delay in polls’ Election Commission
ISLAMABAD_The Election Commission on Thursday issued a directive to the Establishment Division Secretary, ordering the removal of both the Inspector General (IG) Police and Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Islamabad.
This action was prompted by a letter from the Election Commission to the Establishment Division, demanding the removal of the IG and DC in Islamabad.
The specific instructions entail the removal of Irfan Nawaz Memon, who serves as the DC in Islamabad, and Akbar Nasir Khan, the IG in Islamabad, from their current positions.
Additionally, the ECP has instructed the Establishment Division to promptly notify them in writing once the removal and replacement of the IG and DC have been completed.
Earlier,
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) gave a clean chit to the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) in allegations of anti-state activities and foreign fundings.
The ECP gave the clean chit to the party in a report submitted to the Supreme Court (SC) in foreign funding and anti-state activities. The ECP quoted the ministry of interior report that the TLP was not involved in anti-state activities, The small amount of Rs1.5 lakh received by the TLP cannot be treated as the foreign funding and there was no evidence that can prove the party as an anti-state party, said the ministry report.
Meanwhile,
Refuting the statement given by President Arif Alvi in which he had said that he was not sure whether general elections would be held in the country in January as announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the ECP on Thursday said categorically there was no truth in such kind of speculations,
Informing that all arrangements in this regard were complete, spokesman for the ECP said it had already made its position clear on the issue.
He regretted that the statement the president had given in an interview created an impression that perhaps the elections might be postponed. “But the fact is that the first phase of demarcations of constituencies is already complete. And the second phase of the submission of objections will conclude tomorrow (October 27, 2023),” he said, adding, “Hearing of objections to the demarcations made in the first phase will begin from October 30, while on November 30, 2023, the election commission would publish the final list of delimitations.”
After the issuance of the final list, the spokesman went on to say, the election schedule would be announced. “There is no doubt in that,” he said categorically.
The president had on Wednesday stirred a controversy by raising doubts on the timing of general elections, which are slated to be held in the last week of January as per the announcement made by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
In an interview with a private news channel, the president said he did not see polls taking place in January.
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