ISLAMABAD-
Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza was named as Chief Election Commissioner following a unanimous decision by the 12-member Parliamentary committee assigned for the task, private media reported.
Senator Rafiq Rajwana, head of the 12-member parliamentary body, announced the finalisation of Justice Raza’s name out of the three names shortlisted for the post by the government and opposition leaders on Wednesday.
The Parliamentary body included representatives from Awami National Party (ANP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) . PTI Shahryar Afridi did not make an appearance today.
Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza is the current Chief Justice of Federal Shariat Court.
He has also served as Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court in 200o.
In 2002, he was elevated as Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan. He served as a Judge of Supreme Court for more than 8 years and during this period, he twice remained the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan and also as acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.
He retired as a Judge of Supreme Court in 2010 and was appointed Chief Justice Federal Shariat Court in 2014.