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Article 213.
“Chief Election Commissioner and Members.- (1) The President shall appoint the
Commissioner and Members in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
(2) The Prime Minister shall, in consultation with the Leader of Opposition, forward a penal of
three persons for the post of the Commissioner or a Member to the Joint Parliamentary Committee.
(3) The Leader of Opposition may, within three days from the date when the Prime Ministerhas
forwarded a penal to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, forward his own penal of three persons to the
Joint Parliamentary Committee for the post of the Commissioner or a Member.
(4) The Joint Parliamentary Committee may, after inviting objections and public hearing,
recommend to the President, the name of a person from any of the panels for appointment to the post of
the Commissioner or a Member.
(5) The Speaker of the National Assembly shall, in consultation with the parliamentary leaders,
constitute the Joint Parliamentary Committee of both Houses consisting of sixteen members with equal
representation to the Government and Opposition.
(6) The Joint Parliamentary Committee shall make recommendation by majority of members present
and voting.
(7) The National Assembly may, by notification, make rules of procedure regulating the conduct of
business of the Joint Parliamentary Committee.
(8) If the Joint Parliamentary Committee fails to make recommendation for the post of the
Commissioner or a Member within sixty days from the date when a panel for the post was forwarded to
the Committee by the Prime Minister, the President may refer the matter to the Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament) in joint sitting and the recommendation of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) in the matter
shall be binding upon the President.
(9) A person shall not be appointed as Commissioner unless he has minimum of twenty years
experience.
(a) in the service of Pakistan; or
(b) in legal or other prescribed profession; or
(10) In this Part:
(a) “Commissioner” means the Chief Election Commissioner.
(b) “Leader of Opposition” means the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly;
(c) “Member” means the Member of the Election Commission; and
(d) “Parliamentary leader” means an elected leader of a political party in the National Assembly
with two or more seats and notified by the Speaker as a Parliamentary Leader.
(e) “Prescribed Profession” means a profession prescribed by an Act of the Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament).”
“Chief Election Commissioner and Members.- (1) The President shall appoint the
Commissioner and Members in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
(2) The Prime Minister shall, in consultation with the Leader of Opposition, forward a penal of
three persons for the post of the Commissioner or a Member to the Joint Parliamentary Committee.
(3) The Leader of Opposition may, within three days from the date when the Prime Ministerhas
forwarded a penal to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, forward his own penal of three persons to the
Joint Parliamentary Committee for the post of the Commissioner or a Member.
(4) The Joint Parliamentary Committee may, after inviting objections and public hearing,
recommend to the President, the name of a person from any of the panels for appointment to the post of
the Commissioner or a Member.
(5) The Speaker of the National Assembly shall, in consultation with the parliamentary leaders,
constitute the Joint Parliamentary Committee of both Houses consisting of sixteen members with equal
representation to the Government and Opposition.
(6) The Joint Parliamentary Committee shall make recommendation by majority of members present
and voting.
(7) The National Assembly may, by notification, make rules of procedure regulating the conduct of
business of the Joint Parliamentary Committee.
(8) If the Joint Parliamentary Committee fails to make recommendation for the post of the
Commissioner or a Member within sixty days from the date when a panel for the post was forwarded to
the Committee by the Prime Minister, the President may refer the matter to the Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament) in joint sitting and the recommendation of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) in the matter
shall be binding upon the President.
(9) A person shall not be appointed as Commissioner unless he has minimum of twenty years
experience.
(a) in the service of Pakistan; or
(b) in legal or other prescribed profession; or
(10) In this Part:
(a) “Commissioner” means the Chief Election Commissioner.
(b) “Leader of Opposition” means the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly;
(c) “Member” means the Member of the Election Commission; and
(d) “Parliamentary leader” means an elected leader of a political party in the National Assembly
with two or more seats and notified by the Speaker as a Parliamentary Leader.
(e) “Prescribed Profession” means a profession prescribed by an Act of the Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament).”