Consensus body alters draft on appointment powers

NN Online :
The National Consensus Commission on Wednesday presented a revised proposal regarding the formation of an authority to oversee recruitment for certain key positions in constitutional and statutory bodies.
According to the changed proposal, the name of the authority will be “Appointment Committee for Constitutional and Statutory Institutions” instead of the National Constitutional Council (NCC). And the President and the Chief Justice would not be the committee members unlike NCC.
The seven-member appointment committee would include the Prime Minister, the opposition leader, Speakers of the Lower and Upper Houses, a representative nominated by the president, an Appellate Division justice nominated by the Chief Justice and a person from other opposition parties excluding the main opposition. The Lower House Speaker would preside over its meetings.
Commission’s Vice Chairman Prof Ali Riaz on Wednesday morning placed the revised proposal at the outset of the sixth day of the second-round talks of the Consensus Commission in the capital. The discussion began around 11am at the Foreign Service Academy.
Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher said all the political parties except BNP supported this new proposal.