ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday moved a reference before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja.
After the reference was filed, PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry told reporters that “I have paid my debt to the nation by filing the reference. The decision now rests with the Supreme Judicial Council”. Alongside him, PTI leader Maleeka Bokhari alleged that the CEC had “persistently given decisions against the PTI”.
The PTI had initially filed a reference for the CEC’s removal on August 4 — a day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ruled that the party had indeed been a recipient of prohibited funding — only to withdraw it the next day to add more evidence and highlight further legal aspects.
Read More: ECP to Take Decision On Local Govt Elections in Karachi Today
Moved through PTI leader Babar Awan, the reference pleaded with the SJC to order the removal of the CEC on account of the “commission of continuous and deliberate misconduct”.
The reference alleged that on July 29, a delegation of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) met the CEC and four other members of the ECP at his office to “pressure” him into announcing the verdict in the prohibited funding case.
