{"id":360091,"date":"2023-10-07T06:14:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T01:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=360091"},"modified":"2023-10-07T06:14:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T01:14:32","slug":"ecp-urges-end-to-perks-for-ex-cabinet-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ecp-urges-end-to-perks-for-ex-cabinet-members\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP urges end to perks for ex-cabinet members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asks Sindh chief secretary, IGP to take back privileges still enjoyed by former provincial ministers<br \/>\nISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe country\u2019s polls oversight authority has asked Sindh\u2019s chief secretary to withdraw all the facilities\u2014perks and privileges\u2014that former members of the provincial cabinet and \u201cpolitical appointees of equivalent status\u201d are still utilizing.<br \/>\nIn the same letter, Secretary Election Commission Omar Hamid Khan has also asked Sindh Inspector General Police (IGP) Riffat Mukhtar to also withdraw the protocol and security provided to these former ministers, advisors and assistants.<br \/>\n\u201cIt had been brought to the notice of the honorable commission [ECP] that former provincial cabinet members and political appointees of equivalent status are continuing to use protocol, security, and privileges accorded to them by virtue of their former offices,\u201d the letter dated October 5 said.<br \/>\n\u201cYou are hereby advised to withdraw protocol\/security and perks and privileges from provincial cabinet members and political appointees of equivalent status,\u201d it emphasized.<br \/>\nIt also instructed the officials to submit a compliance report to the ECP within three days of implementing the instructions. \u201cThis matter may be treated as most urgent,\u201d it added.<br \/>\nIn a separate letter, the ECP asked Balochistan Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir Khan to immediately transfer Balochistan home secretary, finance secretary, additional chief secretary (development) and services and general administration department secretary from their existing positions.<br \/>\nThe ECP said it is charged with the constitutional duty to organize and conduct elections and to make such arrangements as are necessary to ensure that the election is conducted honestly, justly, fairly, and in accordance with the law and that corrupt practices are guarded against.<br \/>\n \u201cTherefore, it has been desired that the senior officers be immediately reshuffled,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asks Sindh chief secretary, IGP to take back privileges still enjoyed by former provincial ministers ISLAMABAD The country\u2019s polls oversight authority has asked Sindh\u2019s chief secretary to withdraw all the facilities\u2014perks and privileges\u2014that former members of the provincial cabinet and \u201cpolitical appointees of equivalent status\u201d are still utilizing. 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