EC search body to hold meeting Saturday

Members of the search committee, formed by President Abdul Hamid to constitute the next Election Commission, will hold its first meeting on Saturday.

The six-member body, headed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, is expected to sit at the Supreme Court’s Judges' Lounge around 11:00am, a member of the body, wishing to be unnamed, confirmed The Daily Star.

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The president formed the search body yesterday after holding series of talks with 31 registered political parties including BNP and ruling Awami League.

The other members are Justice Obaidul Hassan, a High Court judge, Muhammed Sadique, chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), Masud Ahmed, comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh, Prof Syed Manzoorul Islam, trustee board member of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), and Shireen Akhter, pro-vice chancellor of Chittagong University.