Golam Rahman new ACC chief
Friday, 1 May 2009
Golam Rahman, now chairman of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), was appointed new chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday, weeks after former army chief Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury resigned on personal grounds, reports bdnews24.com.
The Establishment Ministry has not published any notification on appointment of Rahman, now in the United States.
But a Cabinet Division official, seeking anonymity, said the Division approved the appointment Thursday.
Rahman, a former Pakistan Police Service officer who later served as chairman of the Power Development Board, is the third head of the "independent" Commission since it was created nearly four and a half years ago.
He ended his regular civil service career as a secretary.
Sultan Hossain Khan, a retired High Court judge, was the first chairman of ACC, created on Nov 21, 2004. The 2007-8 emergency government replaced him with Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury in early 2007.
Chowdhury quit on Apr 2, saying the antigraft watchdog needed a new leadership to bring swiftness to its work.
He was appointed on Feb 22 by Fakhruddin Ahmed-led army-installed caretaker government after resigning as an adviser to the caretaker government led by President Iajuddin Ahmed.
Chowdhury led the antigraft body in its drive against top political figures during the immediate past caretaker regime.
MPs from the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP have since demanded his resignation.
The Establishment Ministry has not published any notification on appointment of Rahman, now in the United States.
But a Cabinet Division official, seeking anonymity, said the Division approved the appointment Thursday.
Rahman, a former Pakistan Police Service officer who later served as chairman of the Power Development Board, is the third head of the "independent" Commission since it was created nearly four and a half years ago.
He ended his regular civil service career as a secretary.
Sultan Hossain Khan, a retired High Court judge, was the first chairman of ACC, created on Nov 21, 2004. The 2007-8 emergency government replaced him with Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury in early 2007.
Chowdhury quit on Apr 2, saying the antigraft watchdog needed a new leadership to bring swiftness to its work.
He was appointed on Feb 22 by Fakhruddin Ahmed-led army-installed caretaker government after resigning as an adviser to the caretaker government led by President Iajuddin Ahmed.
Chowdhury led the antigraft body in its drive against top political figures during the immediate past caretaker regime.
MPs from the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP have since demanded his resignation.