Faisal Vawda files reference against ECP member holding two govt jobs

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda has filed a reference to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against an Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Member Sindh Nisar Ahmed Durrani who is holding two government jobs.

A former Senator and MNA who served as the former federal minister for water resources, Faisal Vawda sought ECP Sindh member Nisar Ahmed Durrani’s removal from the position.

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It emerged that Durrani, who was appointed as a member ECP from the province of Sindh on January 24, 2020, was also working as the principal of Sindh Law College which came under the violation of article 216 of the Constitution.

The college’s website also showed pictures of Nisar Ahmed Durrani mentioning him as the current principal.

Faisal Vawda said in his reference that Durrani’s case was similar to that of PML-N’s Khawaja Asif and Sadia Abbasi, PPP’s Rehman Malik and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah but the outcome was exactly the opposite.

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He also alleged that Durrani allegedly showed biased conduct against him and the ECP disqualified him and violated the top court’s judgments.

Vawda also raised objections that Durrani’s tenure has further been extended for three years from December 31, 2021, onwards till December 31, 2023.

He sought SJC to initiate proceedings under article 209 of the Constitution against him for misconduct, violating the code of conduct and article 5 and 216 of the Constitution.