Communist Party registered with ECP

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Communist Party registered with ECP

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Election Commission of Pakistan has registered the Communist Party of Pakistan.

15 October,2012 07:56 pm

It was registered under the Article 17 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 and the Political Parties Order, 2002 in its recent meeting held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (R) Fakhar-ud-din G. Ebrahim.Central Chairman Communist Party of Pakistan Engineer Jameel Ahmad Malik revealed this fact while addressing the party workers at the Central Secretariat of the CPP here on Monday, says a press release.That as per party Notification, the name of Engineer Jameel Ahmad Malik as Central Chairman, Senior Vice-Chairman Dr. Zafar ullah Khan, two Vice-Chairman Ijaz Ahmad Khan and Mehraj Gul Khattak whereas Dr. Bashir Hussain Shah as General Secretary, Jamal Abdul Nasir as Deputy Secretary, Imran Khushaal Raja as Secretary Information, Mahmood Hussain Shah as Finance Secretary, CPP Organizer Mumtaz Ahmad Arzoo and Muhammed Ahmad Fatimi as the Organizer of the Communist Students Federation were officially notified.Engineer Jameel further disclosed that in the party seventh congress held in Hyderabad in 2001, it was decided by the congress to abandon the policy of arms struggle and adopted democratic norms, yet the CPP in 2002 and 2008 boycotted the Elections and could not registered the Party with ECP as during that period the country was unlawfully ruled by the dictator General Musharraf and partial Election Commission was functioning.But as and when, the independent and neutral election commission is now functioning under the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Fakhar-ud-din G. Ebrahim and democracy has also been restored and functioning under the chosen representatives and there is no military rule, the Central Committee of CPP decided to register the party with the Election Commission, which was accepted by the Election Commission.Our party is thankful to the whole neutral and independent Election Commission for such a kind gesture of registering our communist party with the election commission of Pakistan.