ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has dismissed the complaint seeking removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja and others.
In July, 2024, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had filed a complaint against the CEC and members of the Election Commission of Pakistan in the SJC, alleging that the officials had failed to fulfill their constitutional responsibility of conducting free and fair elections.
Senator Barrister Ali Zafar has filed a complaint on behalf of the then opposition leader in the National Assembly and PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub. It was contended in the complaint that the ECP “deliberately violated this constitutional obligation, responsibility and duty under Article 224 and failed to hold elections to the National Assembly and provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) within 90 of holding elections.
The PTI had pleaded for inquiry of misconduct against the CEC and ECP members, asking they should be removed from their offices if the charges are substantiated. The SJC, however, dismissed the complaint in its meeting held on February 11, 2026 after considering it.
“It is informed that your complaint was considered by the Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan in its meeting dated February 11, 2026 and after deliberations, your complaint has been dismissed by the Supreme Judicial Council,” says a letter addressed to Omer Ayub by the SJC interim secretary, issued on May 21, 2026.
