The Election Commissions Selection Committee has received applications from 57 applicants for membership of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), officials said.

The commission will send three names from the list of applicants to President Ashraf Ghani within the next few days, Jawed Rasheedi, head of the committee told a meeting on Saturday.

He said the deadline for accepting the applications ended last week on Wednesday.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Fawad Aman discusses the topic with following guests:

• Abdulbadi Sayyad, IEC spokesman

• Naeem Ayoubzada, head of Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan