Fakhruddin to be new Chief Election Commissioner

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Fakhruddin to be new Chief Election Commissioner

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Parliamentary Committee approved the name of Fakharuddin as new Chief Election Commissioner.

09 July,2012 12:50 pm

The Parliamentary Committee has approved the name of Fakharuddin G.Ibrahim for the post of Chief Election Commissioner.The announcement was made by Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Farooq Sattar after attending the meeting of the Committee in Islamabad on Monday.Earlier, the government failed to come up with another nomination after Justice (R) Qurbal Alvi declined to remain in the race for the office of CEC.Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim is a retired Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, and peace activist.Ebrahim also served as the interim Law Minister from 18 July 1993 until 19 October 1993, and interim Justice Minister from 5 November 1996 until 17 February 1997. He is well known as the former Attorney General of Pakistan during the government of former PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and served as his close legal adviser throughout the 1970s. In 1988, he was also Governor of Sindh, appointed by the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during her first term.