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Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim appointed CEC

Dunya News

Chief Justice of Pakistan would administer oath of newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner.

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday formally approved the appointment of Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)following Prime Ministersadvice.The parliamentary committee had unanimously appointed Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim as the new Chief Election Commissioner with the aim to ensure free‚ fair and transparent elections.The name of Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim was proposed by Senator Islam-ud-din Sheikh and seconded by Senator Raja Zafarul Haq followed by all the members of the Committee present in the meeting.Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim is an eminent Pakistani jurist, constitutional expert, senior advocate Supreme Court, former Federal Law Minister, former Attorney General of Pakistan, former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Governor of Sindh.