Justice Bhagwandas rejects CEC nomination
The retired justice met with Senator Raza Rabbani during which the pair discussed the vacant post
Justice (retd) Rana Bhagwandas on Saturday rejected the nomination of the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in a meeting with Senator Raza Rabbani, Express News reported.
Rabbani had met with Bhagwandas to speak with the retired justice about the post of the CEC.
The government and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had both suggested Bhagwandas' name for the vacant post.
However, given that the government had decided to include political parties regarding the appointment of the CEC, sources suggested that political parties considered Bhagwandas as unfeasible given his constitutional bar.
Having already traded names of potential candidates for the ECP hot seat with the Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Thursday, the prime minister has now started a process of taking other political leaders into confidence on the matter.
According to an official statement, Rashid on Friday contacted six political parties including Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders Haider Abbas Rizvi and Babar Ghauri, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Sirajul Haq, National Party Leader Hasil Bazinjo, Awami National Party’s Haji Adeel and Qaumi Watan Party head Aftab Ahmed Sherpao.
Rabbani had met with Bhagwandas to speak with the retired justice about the post of the CEC.
The government and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had both suggested Bhagwandas' name for the vacant post.
However, given that the government had decided to include political parties regarding the appointment of the CEC, sources suggested that political parties considered Bhagwandas as unfeasible given his constitutional bar.
Having already traded names of potential candidates for the ECP hot seat with the Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Thursday, the prime minister has now started a process of taking other political leaders into confidence on the matter.
According to an official statement, Rashid on Friday contacted six political parties including Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders Haider Abbas Rizvi and Babar Ghauri, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Sirajul Haq, National Party Leader Hasil Bazinjo, Awami National Party’s Haji Adeel and Qaumi Watan Party head Aftab Ahmed Sherpao.