Bangladesh forms Election Commission search committee


FE Team | Published: February 05, 2022 14:54:48 | Updated: February 06, 2022 09:04:11


Election Commission search committee members (clockwise from top left): Justice Obaidul Hassan, Justice SM Kuddus Zaman, Bangladesh Public Service Commission Chairman Sohorab Hossain, former Election Commissioner Sohul Hussain, fiction writer Anwara Syed Haq and Comptroller and Auditor General Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury.

Former Election Commissioner Sohul Hussain and fiction writer Prof Anwara Syed Haq have been named to the search committee that will nominate candidates for the upcoming Election Commission, bdnews24.com reports.

The two are the ‘special citizens’ named to the panel alongside the heads of the constitutional agencies.

The Cabinet Division announced the six appointments to the search committee on Saturday.

The committee will be led by Justice Obaidul Hassan, an Appellate Division judge, who has been a member of the search committee twice before.

High Court Justice SM Kuddus Zaman, Comptroller and Auditor General Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, and Bangladesh Public Service Commission Chairman Md Sohorab Hossain are the other members of the panel.

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