Pakistan, July 7 -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has strongly denied recent allegations regarding a meeting between Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja and Speaker of the Punjab Assembly, Malik Ahmad Khan. In an official press release, the ECP called the accusations "baseless and misleading" and said the meeting was being wrongly portrayed for political purposes.

According to the ECP spokesperson, such interactions are constitutional and routine. The statement emphasized that the CEC and commission members take decisions strictly in line with the Constitution and election laws, adding that the institution operates independently and does not succumb to any form of pressure or blackmail.

The spokesperson fu...