The recent news that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has stated that none of those MPs whose degrees had been found fake by the Higher Education Commission and even endorsed by the commission as such, would be barred from contesting the next election unless convicted by a court of law is an eye opening.
It is sad to see this from Election Commission of Pakistan has no power on this issue. Now when the candidates for parliament and provincial assemblies will apply to contest the elections it will be interesting to see that how Election Commission of Pakistan will scrutinizes their papers and if found of guilty of anything will they be barred from contesting elections.
According to members of the commission Supreme Court order does not allow Election Commission of Pakistan to bar them from elections without a court’s conviction. It is requested to Supreme Court and Election Commission of Pakistan to resolve this issue and all those politicians who have done any crime or had attained fake degrees must not be allowed to contest the forthcoming general elections.