Govt asks CJ to nominate members

Barrister says govt has decided to constitute ‘commission of inquiry’ consisting of 3 sitting judges

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has written to Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasirul Mulk requesting him to nominate three judges for a judicial commission. In a letter addressed to the Supreme Court Registrar, Law Secretary Barrister Zafarullah Khan said the government has decided to constitute a ‘commission of inquiry’ under the Pakistan Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1956 (VI of 1956), consisting of three sitting judges, to inquire into the allegations levelled by certain political leaders regarding the general elections of 2013.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 14^th,2014.