Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Chairman Justice (R) Rana Bhagwan Das retired from his post on Friday.
According to media reports, the authorities are mulling Lt (r) Shafaqat Ahmed’s, who had been a military secretary of former Army Chief and President General (r) Prevez Musharraf, as a successor of Bhagwan Das.
Justice Bhagwan Das, a highly respected name of the Pakistani judiciary, was a senior judge and former acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP).
He remained the acting CJP during the 2007 judicial crisis in Pakistan and became the first Hindu and the second non-Muslim to serve as chief of the highest court in Pakistan.