{"id":49207,"date":"2024-01-18T00:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T00:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ecp-gets-new-secretary\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T00:55:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T00:55:06","slug":"ecp-gets-new-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ecp-gets-new-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP gets new secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>ISLAMABAD: With the general elections just three weeks away, the Ele\u00adc\u00adtion Commission of Pak\u00adis\u00ad\u00adtan has promoted an officer believed to be close to Chief Election Commi\u00adssioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, as secretary of the commission.<\/p>\n<p>Syed Asif Hussain, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1804215\">working<\/a> as special secretary of the ECP, has been appointed secretary on a one-year contract. He replaces Omar Hamid Khan, whose extended term was otherwise to expire in July.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1803913\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This is not the only change made by the ECP.<\/p>\n<p>It has also appointed Balochistan election commissioner Aijaz Anwar Chohan as provincial election commissioner of Punjab. Chohan was earlier serving as PEC Sindh and transferred to Baluchistan only a month ago.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: With the general elections just three weeks away, the Ele\u00adc\u00adtion Commission of Pak\u00adis\u00ad\u00adtan has promoted an officer believed to be close to Chief Election Commi\u00adssioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, as secretary of the commission. Syed Asif Hussain, who was working as special secretary of the ECP, has been appointed secretary on a one-year contract. 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