ISLAMABAD – The caretaker federal cabinet approved on Wednesday an amendment to the Election Act 2017, that restricted the number of judges in the election tribunal by two.
In a meeting chaired by interim Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, the cabinet reviewed matters related to transparency in the general elections and approved the amendment to constitute election tribunals to tackle complaints regarding rigging.
The cabinet approved the amendment in the sub-clause 3 of Clause 6 of the act.
The chief justice of the relevant high court would appoint the tribunal members in order to tackle complaints regarding national and provincial assemblies as well as Senate.
The clause at the moment allows the appointment of three or more judges in the tribunal and could have presented a problem in resolving the complaints in the stipulated time period of 120 days due to the unavailability of more than two judges.
The general elections 2018 are scheduled to held on July 25.
