Law Wing Responsibilities
- 1. To assist the Hon’ble Commission on constitutional and legal matters
- 2. To render opinion in the matters/files referred by the other branches of the Hon’ble Commission.
- 3. Initiation of process of engagement/hiring of legal advisors on contract basis for pursuing the cases of the Hon’ble Commission keeping in view the pendency of the cases before the Courts. Likewise, engagement/hiring of private counsel/advocate for filing petitions, appeals, etc and defending the ECP in the cases before the august Supreme Court and High Courts in important and high profile cases/matters.
- 4. Appointment of Election Tribunals for the trial and disposal of election petitions arising out of General Elections or local government elections or Cantonment elections and issuance of
- notification of appointment of said Tribunals accordingly.
- 5. Vetting of legal reports/comments for the ECP as well as for the Courts, Tribunals and
- Commissions, etc.
- 6. Appearance before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan and Hon’ble High Courts and
- District Courts in all cases of the ECP as and when required for the assistance in any Court
- of Law throughout Pakistan.
- 7. To conduct research of case laws from the law books/journals manually as well from the
- Pakistan Law Site and preparation of research notes for the cases of this Hon’ble
- Commission as and when required, the Hon’ble High Courts and particularly the august
- Supreme Court of Pakistan.
- 8. Participation in the important meetings of the Commission and provision of legal input where
- required.
- 9. To manage and maintain record of all cases, petitions either pending or decided by the
- Hon’ble Courts/Tribunals,
- 10. Issuing instructions to the Senior Law Officers of all provinces including to the Legal
- Advisors on the panel of the ECP for effective representation of the ECP in different Courts
- across the Country to follow-up the services of notices issued by the Courts.
- 11. To prepare and arrange all cases for the Commission well before the hearing and hand over
- the same to the private secretaries of the Honorable CEC and Honorable members.
- 12. To ensure timely issuance of notices and ensure its service. The notices /date of hearing
- shall also be communicated through SMS and other quickest means Notices shall also be
- uploaded on ECP website.
- 13. To prepare monthly statement of Institution and disposal of cases filed and decided in the
- commission and submit the same for the perusal of the Honorable CEC and the
- Commission.
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