By Umer Mehtab
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) announced the dismissal of complaints against the chief election commissioner (CEC) and two members of the Election Com颅mission of Pakistan (ECP), it emerged on Saturday.
The SJC is a judicial body comprising of Chief Justice of Pakistan, two most senior Judges of the Supreme Court and two most senior Chief Justices of High Courts, according to the Supreme Court鈥檚 website.
A press release dated Aug 15 read that complaints against 鈥淐EC Mr Sikandar Sultan Raja and members of ECP, Mr Nisar Ahmed Durrani and Mr Shah Muhammad Jatoi, have been dismissed by the SJC in its meetings held on Nov 8, 2024 and Dec 13, 2024鈥.
The SJC鈥檚 statement did not provide any details regarding the complaints.
The five-year terms of CEC Raja, Sin颅dh Member Durrani and Baloch颅istan Member Jatoi ended on Jan 26, but they will continue to hold the offices under the 26th amendment made in the Constitution in October last year.
The controversial amendment allowed the CEC and the members to cont