ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek will on Thursday file a reference against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with the Election Commission of Pakistan seeking his disqualification for concealing his assets.

The PTI and PPP have already filed two references with the ECP against the prime minister for his disqualification on the same ground.

Sources in the ECP say that all the references will be heard and decided after the appointment of ECP members and will remain pending till the commission is non-functional.

Meanwhile, the ECP promoted four grade 20 officers to grade 21 on Wednesday.


PTI and PPP had earlier filed two references with the ECP against the PM for his disqualification for concealing his assets


According to a notification issued about two weeks after the retirement of four ECP members, Tanvir Zaki, joint provincial election commissioner, Sindh, has been promoted to grade 21 and posted as provincial election commissioner, Sindh.

Musarrat Khan, acting provincial election commissioner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has been promoted to grade 21 and posted as provincial election commissioner, KP.

Zafar Iqbal Hussain, director general (elections), has been promoted to grade 21 and posted as additional secretary (training).

Hussain Majeed Jaffar, joint provincial election commissioner, Balochistan, has been promoted to grade 21 and posted as director general (elections) at the ECP secretariat.

“All the above officers who have been promoted will be on probation for a period of one year with effect from the date they assume charge of their posts. If no order is issued on the expiry of the first year of probation, the period of probation shall be deemed to have been extended to another year. If no order is issued by the day following the termination of extended period of probation, the appointment shall be deemed to be held by them until further order,” the notification reads.

Published in Dawn, June 30th, 2016

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