Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Chairman Justice (r) Rana Bhagwan Das retired from his post on Friday.
According to reports, the authorities are mulling Lt Gen (r) Shafqaat Ahmed, who has served as the military secretary of former army chief and President General (r) Prevez Musharraf, as Bhagwan Das’s successor.
Justice Bhagwan Das was a senior judge and a 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 the country.