The Election commission of Pakistan (ECP) removed the restriction on job appointments by the government on Thursday, Express News reported.
According to ECP Additional Secretary Afzal Khan, the restriction was now removed because the ECP had “full faith” in the new caretaker government, adding that the commission believed that all appointments would be made on merit.
Earlier, the ECP had revoked appointments in all the ministries of the country to prevent people taking advantage of political benefits.
A number of appointments were revoked although several departments had already conducted tests and interviews for the job, all of which were immediately frozen.
The ECP had also placed a ban on announcements of development schemes to make arrangements for free and fair elections. The development schemes ban is still in place.
The commission had said that announcement of new jobs and development schemes with the elections around the corner were tantamount to pre-poll rigging.
Punjab, Sindh chief secretaries to be replaced
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday directed the Establishment Division to replace chief secretaries of Sindh and Punjab.
The ECP, in its directive, ordered the Establishment Divison to replace Chief Secretary Sindh Raja Muhammad Abbas, with Nasir Mehmood Khan Khosa, presently Punjab Chief Secretary.
It further directed appointment of Federal Secretary Education and Training Division Qamaruz Zaman as Punjab Chief Secretary.
The ECP directed the Establishment Division to implement the orders forthwith.
Appointment of punjab care-taker PM is a violation of article 62 ; as well allowing former COAS Mushraf to contest polls. This is a serious challenge for the credibility of ECP.
This shows all laws are applied to the poor people
Sorry, but we all knew this all along – no ECP shee C P will be able to stop a determined Zardari from doing what he wants to do. ECP does not have what is called the “TEETH”. We should never have been dumb enough to have any hopes on just ECP. There is one and only way to administer elections and that is for the A-R-M-Y to do it. This should go into that stupid God-forsaken “CONSTITUTION” of ours.
.Why? To support PMLN and SSP in Sindh during elections?
@Umer:
Why do defensive?
These are your bureaucrats that should serve in posts throughout Pakistan.