Islamabad (Web Desk): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday rejected the allegations levelled against it and decided to serve notices to Federal Minister for Railways Azam Swati and Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry.
According to details, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the ECP where the matter of allegations levelled by the federal ministers was discussed.
ECP members Nisar Durrani, Shah Muhammad Jatoi, and other officials of the commission attended the meeting.
The members condemned the allegations "in the strongest possible terms" and rejected them.
The commission decided to seek proof backing the accusations by Swati, which were levelled during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee for Parliamentary Affairs and another held the night prior at the President House, and those by Chaudhry which were levelled during a press conference.
The ECP has also sought the record from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) as well as all material regarding the standing committee incident and the press conference to be presented before it.
