ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan Thursday requested in writing to National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq to constitute a parliamentary committee to appoint a new chief election commissioner (CEC) and two new members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has already written a letter to Omar Ayub inviting him to join consultations to appoint a new CEC.
In accordance with parliamentary procedure, the opposition leader nominated six members of the opposition, four from the National Assembly and two from the Senate. The nominees from the lower house of parliament are PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, former NA speaker Asad Qaiser, Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza and MNA Latif Khosa.
Likewise, from the upper house of parliament, he has named Senators Shibli Faraz of PTI and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas of MWM.
