Justice Syed Mahmud to lead search committee

Secretariat Correspondent: The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division judge Syed Mahmud Hossain has been named as the head of the search committee formed to pick individuals for appointing election commissioners, according to a gazette released by the cabinet division on Wednesday afternoon.

The other members of the committee are: Obaidul Hassan, a High Court division judge, Masud Ahmed, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh, Dr Muhammed Sadique,  Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission, Syed Manzoorul Islam, Professor of English Department of Dhaka University, and Shireen Akhter, pro-vice chancellor of Chittagong University.

Earlier, President Abdul Hamid formed the search committee and sent it to the cabinet division for publishing a gazette notification in this regard.

risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 25, 2017/Hassan/A K Azad