The Punjab Assembly approved the resolution of the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja

 Sunday, July 31, 2022

                        Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. - Pakistan Railways

1. PTI Member of Parliament Syed Abbas Shah presented a resolution against Election Commission chief Sikandar Sultan Raja.
2. After the swearing in of Deputy Speaker Wasiq Qayyum, the adjournment motion was presented.
3. After the motion was approved, the meeting was adjourned till August 15.

LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Sunday passed the resolution for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja.

The session of the Provincial Assembly was opened by the newly elected Speaker Sabatin Khan taking oath from his deputy Wasiq Qayyum.

Qayyum was elected unopposed a day ago after the opposition announced a boycott of the elections.

In today's address, Speaker Khan told the assembly that his deputy was elected when no one else had submitted nomination papers.

After taking the oath, PTI legislator Syed Abbas Shah moved a motion against the Election Commission of Pakistan chief, which was later approved by the assembly.

The movement demands CEC Raja to resign from his post. After the approval of the motion, the proceedings of the Assembly were adjourned till August 15.

Pati will take action against the Chief Election Commissioner.

After the Supreme Court's intervention in the election of the Chief Minister, the Imran Khan-led PTI along with its ally Muslim League (Q) took control of the Punjab Assembly.

After assuming charge, on Saturday (July 30) in a meeting chaired by Khan, the PTI announced that it had filed a Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) case against CEC Raja for meeting the coalition parties that formed the government. JC) has decided to file a disqualification reference. center.

In the same meeting, the PTI decided that the provincial governments would also take action against the ECP and the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would pass no-confidence resolutions against the ECP.

PTI Information Secretary Farrukh Habib later issued a statement and said the party has prepared to file a disqualification reference against the CEC in the SJC.

He said the CEC met the PDM leaders after reserving judgment in the prohibited funding case.

"By doing so, the Chief Election Commissioner violated his oath, code of conduct as well as his constitutional duty," he alleged, adding that instructions have been issued to the party's legal team in this regard.