ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja ne wafaqi hukumat par Islamabad mein baldiyati intikhabat sabotage karne ki koshish ka ilzaam aaid kiya hai, aur kaha hai ke intikhabat 20 December ko schedule ke mutabiq honge.
Raja ne ye remarks Jumeraat ko Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ke teen rukni bench ki sarbarahi karte hue diye, jab unhon ne nishandahi ki ke wafaqi hukumat ne hukm diya hai ke Islamabad ke intikhabat mein asatiza ki duty nahin lagayi jaye gi. Unhon ne sawal kiya: "Commission amla kahan se laye ga?"
Unhon ne kaha: "Commission Wazir-e-Azam aur hukumat ko hidayat deta hai, hidayat un ki taraf se humein nahin aatin. Wafaqi hukumat Islamabad ke baldiyati intikhabat sabotage karna chahti hai. Main wazeh kar doon ke Islamabad mein baldiyati intikhabat honge."
Wafaqi darul hukumat February 2021 mein pichhli muddat khatam hone ke baad se muntakhib maqami hukumaton ke baghair hai. Qanoon ke tehat ECP ko 120 din ke andar naye intikhabat karane thay, lekin us ke baad kai baar halqa bandiyan aur intikhabi schedule jari kar ke multawi kiye ja chuke hain. ECP ne is hafte ke aaghaz mein bataya tha ke 20 December ke intikhabat ke liye saadhe teen hazar se zaid umeedwaron ne kaghazat-e-namzadgi jama karaye hain.
Raja 26th Amendment ke tehat Chief Election Commissioner ke ohde par barqarar hain, halankeh un ki paanch saala muddat 26 January 2025 ko khatam ho gayi thi.
Zimni intikhab par wazir talab
Isi bench ne NA-77 Gujranwala ke zimni intikhab mein zabta-e-akhlaq ki khilaf warziyon ki shikayaat bhi sunin. Pakistan Markazi Muslim League ke ek umeedwar ne District Returning Officer ko bataya tha ke Wazir-e-Ittelaat Attaullah Tarar ne intikhabi muhim ke dauran halqe ka daura kiya.
Tarar ke wakeel Sajeel Swati ne bench ko bataya ke wazir, Wazir-e-Azam ke saath Turkiye ke sarkari daure par hain, aur ilzamaat ko sangeen qarar diya. Commission ne Punjab Assembly ki do arkaan, PML-N ki Asma Naz aur Qudsia Batool, se polling ke din un ke tarz-e-amal par bhi sawal kiya. Raja ne Gujranwala ke Deputy Commissioner se poochha ke unhein wazir ke daure ki ittela kyun nahin thi, aur kaha ke Tarar helicopter par aaye thay.
Raja ne kaha ke zimni intikhab ki fact-finding inquiry mukammal ho chuki hai aur us ki report tamam fareeqon ko di jaye gi, aur khabardar kiya ke Deputy Commissioner, Returning Officer aur District Monitoring Officer ke khilaf karwai hogi. Commission ne Tarar ke wakeel ko 10 din diye aur sama'at 1 December tak multawi kar di, jab tamam arkaan ko zaati haisiyat mein pesh hona hoga.
Isi roz ECP ne 160 registered siyasi jamaaton ki taaza fehrist jari ki jis mein PTI, MQM-P aur PkMAP ke sarbarahon ke naam shamil nahin.
