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Govt expresses displeasure over ECP reply to PM Imran Khan

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  ISLAMABAD: The federal ministers on Friday expressed their disapproval of the way the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released a press release to respond to  pm Imran khan , adding that the government is “unhappy” with the way the commission dealt with the matter. The Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry,  along with Federal Information Minister Shibli Faraz and Senator-elect Barrister Ali Zafar, was speaking to the media after the ECP fired back on PM Imran’s allegation of corruption in Senate elections. The science and technology minister clarified that the prime minister and the PTI respect the Election Commission and all the institutions of Pakistan. “There is no [truth] to the rumour that PTI will be protesting in front of the ECP tomorrow. ECP is revered by us and will remain so,” said Chaudhry. The minister, however, stated that the institutions show their “independence through their actions and not through press releases”. Read More: Syra Yousuf is All Abo

Govt expresses displeasure over ECP reply to PM Imran Khan

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  ISLAMABAD: The federal ministers on Friday expressed their disapproval of the way the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released a press release to respond to Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding that the government is “unhappy” with the way the commission dealt with the matter. The Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry,  along with Federal Information Minister Shibli Faraz and Senator-elect Barrister Ali Zafar, was speaking to the media after the ECP fired back on PM Imran’s allegation of corruption in Senate elections. The science and technology minister clarified that the prime minister and the PTI respect the Election Commission and all the institutions of Pakistan. “There is no [truth] to the rumour that PTI will be protesting in front of the ECP tomorrow. ECP is revered by us and will remain so,” said Chaudhry. The minister, however, stated that the institutions show their “independence through their actions and not through press releases”. Read More: Syra Yousuf