Summary Ishaq Dar said that the appointment can further take seven to ten days.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Wednesday said that appointing the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) as per the Supreme Court’s deadline of November 13 is not possible, adding that the appointment can take 7 to 10 more days, Dunya News reported.
Addressing a press conference, Dar said the government never talked about including members of country’s premier intelligence agency Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) in judicial commission to be formed to probe alleged rigging in general elections 2013. He said the new debt was added in order to pay the previous one.
The Finance Minister said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in constant contact with the Opposition Leader in National Assembly Khurshid Shah and despite that, he said, the CEC appointment until Thursday is not possible.
He said six names would be sent to the parliamentary committee if the government and the opposition leader don’t agree on three names.
Ishaq Dar said that the appointment can further take seven to ten days.
Dismissing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s claim, Dar said that the government never proposed inclusion of members of ISI and MI in the judicial commission to probe the alleged rigging in general election 2013.
He further said that no money was paid to Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri to end his sit-in protest.
The minister said that the politics of sit-ins has caused the economy ‘irreparable loss’, claiming that the national payment responsibility was also compromised and that new debt was taken on to pay the previous one.
