Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday cautioned about a deadlock if the government attempted to induct its blue-eyed person as the chief election commissioner (CEC).The appointment of CEC is the latest bone of contention between the ruling Pakistain People's Party (PPP) and the opposition Pakistain Mohammedan League-Nawaz (PML-N), which have engaged in confrontation on various issues for quite some time.
Nisar categorically rejected the perception that his party is creating hurdles in the appointment of CEC, saying the PML-N has a clear stance on this issue.
About his panel of persons for the new CEC, the opposition leader said that his party had suggested the panel by taking on board all the opposition parties inside and outside parliament. "We have consulted Jamaat-e-Islami
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The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, PPP-Sherpao and others to give the names for the CEC to the parliamentary committee," Nisar added. "If any change is made in the panel of persons, it will also be done in consultation with the other opposition parties," he said.