Fawad Chaudhry terms CEC approval big success

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Fawad Chaudhry terms CEC approval big success.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has on Tuesday termed consensus on the matter of Chief Election Commissioner’s (CEC) appointment as a big success.

The federal minister took to Twitter and said the cooperative atmosphere which had developed from amendment bills concerning the Army Act is continuing in a great manner.

Fawad Chaudhry said the next step is to reach consensus over the accountability process, and negotiations in this regard are ongoing in a fine way. Political differences do not harm if we do major reforms, he concluded.



Let it be known that the Parliamentary committee approved name of retired bureaucrat Sikandar Sultan Raja for the post of new Chief Election Commissioner earlier today.

The decision was taken during a meeting of the committee headed by Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari. The participants also finalized names of Nisar Durrani from Sindh and Shah Muhammad Jatoi from Balochistan as members of the commission.  

Read details: Parliamentary committee names Sikandar Sultan Raja new CEC