How Can The Cheif Election Commissioner Of Pakistan Be Appointed And Removed From The Office?

Article 213 of the Constitution says that the Chief Election Commissioner shall be appointed by the President. No person shall be appointed to be Commissioner unless he is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court or has been the Judge of a High Court must be such who can be eligible for appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court as provided under Article 177, clause 2 (A) it means that the Judge of a High Court. But it is a condition precedent that the Judge of a High Court must have got the standing of 5 years for appointment. Before entering upon the office the Commissioner shall make before the Chief Justice of Pakistan oath in the manner prescribed in schedule III. The term of the office of the Commissioner is three years provided that The National Assembly may be resolution extend the term of the Commissioner by a period not exceeding one year.

The Commissioner shall be removed from the office in the manner prescribed under Article 209 of the constitution. The article says that no information received from the Supreme Judicial Council or from any other source the President is of the opinion that the Chief Election Commissioner may be incapable of properly performing the duties of his office by reason of physical and mental incapacity or may have been guilty of misconduct.