Pakistan, Aug. 24 -- Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Sardar Muhammad Raza has refused to administer oath to two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently appointed by President Arif Alvi, a private TV channel reported on Friday.
In an official notification issued the previous day, the government had announced the appointment of two new members of the Election Commission - Khalid Mehmood Siddiqui from Sindh and Munir Ahmed Kakar from Balochistan. The appointment was about seven months after the retirement of ECP members from Sindh and Balochistan.
"The President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to appoint the following persons as Members of the Election Commission of Pakistan, name- (a) Mr Khalid M...