ISLAMABAD – Sikandar Sultan Raja, a bureaucrat considered close to Shariffamily being appointed as New Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.
He has served at key posts in the tenure of the PML N. Sikandar Sultan Rajawill be appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).
A consensus decision to this effect was taken at the meeting ofparliamentary committee on appointment of Chief Election Commissioner andthe members of the Election Commission in Islamabad on Tuesday.
The meeting also agreed to appoint Nisar Durrani as member of ElectionCommission from Sindh and Shah Muhammad Jatoi as its member fromBalochistan.
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Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari said it is a matter of greatsatisfaction that the parliament settled the matter with consensus. Shesaid the names will now be forwarded to the Prime Minister.
