LAHORE – Lahore High Court Bar Association’s upcoming election was swamped in controversy on Tuesday when chief Election commissioner Waqar Hassan Mir resigned after the Bar’s general house overruled steps taken by commission to make poll process transparent.

Bar general house allowed all the voters who were barred by the election commission from casting their votes due to dual membership. The election commission had also stopped the members of LHCBA at Multan and Bhawalpur benches.
Similarly, the Bar has relaxed the mandatory condition of bringing national identity card at the time of voting, saying the Bar association’s card would be enough. The general house also allowed candidates to make arrangements for launch at Bar’s premises on polling day which was banned by the Election commission.
LHCBA President Shehram Sarwar, however, appreciated commission’s efforts for deleting the names of dead members with more than one registered vote. Polls will be held on February 23.