Observer Report
Karachi
In a major reshuffle at the Sindh office of the Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday they removed Election Commissioner Javed Afridi from his post.
Javed Afridi was directed to report to the Election Commission Secretariat in Islamabad and was replaced by Aijaz Anwar Chohan as the new provincial election commissioner. Chohan was earlier posted as additional director general (local government). In another change, Joint Election Commissioner Farid Afridi was also removed from his post and was directed to report to the Islamabad secretariat. The district election commissioners in Jamshoro and Sujawal also replaced each other.
The changes in the province were made on the directives of the Chief Election Commissioner after the schedule for delimitation of constituencies in the province was issued by the election body.
The election commission has notified the formation of the committees for delimitation of local government constituencies.
The delimitation committee for each district will be comprised of three members and the District Election Commissioner will be convenor of the body, according to the notification. The Deputy Commissioner and District Education Officer or Taluka Education Officer will be the other two members of the committee.
