ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan will take the oath of his new office today (Saturday).
Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasirul Mulk will administer the oath of office tomorrow at 01:00 pm at the apex court building.
It may be mentioned that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received the notification of the appointment of Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan as the new CEC.
According to the issued notice, Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan would serve as the CEC for the next five years. The arrangements are currently underway for the newly appointed CEC’s oath taking ceremony.
On Thursday, President Mamnoon Hussain approved the appointment of Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan as the CEC on the advice of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.
The prime minister had sent an advice to the president for the appointment of Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on the Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and members of the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The Chairman of the parliamentary committee, Senator Rafiq Rajwana, chaired a meeting here in which three names Justice (retd) Tariq Pervez, Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan and Justice (retd) Tanveer Ahmed were placed before the committee and ECP members.
The meeting unanimously approved the name of Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan for the office of the CEC. He will take the oath of his new office today (Saturday). Justice (retd) Raza currently presides over the Federal Shariat Court (FSC).
He retired as an SC judge in 2011 and refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) after military dictator Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency in Nov 2007.
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