Selected names of NHRC chair, members await president's nod

The second meeting of the committee to recommend the names of the chairman and members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was held at the judges' lounge of the Supreme Court yesterday.
Sources said the meeting of the high-profile committee finalised the names of the chairman and members of the NHRC and they would soon recommend the names to the president for their recruitment.
However, the names of chairman and members of the NHRC were not known immediately.
A member of the committee yesterday told The Daily Star that it is a confidential matter. So, the names should not be published in the media at this moment.
Presided over by Appellate Division Judge Justice MA Matin, the meeting was attended by committee members PSC Chairman Dr Saadat Hussain, Cabinet Secretary Ali Imam Majumder, Attorney General Salauddin Ahmed, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and a joint secretary of law ministry.
The NHRC will be comprised of a chairman and two members. One of them will be a retired Supreme Court judge.
National Human Rights Commission Ordinance-2007 came into effect on September 1 for constituting the NHRC, which would investigate human rights violations and advise the government on the enforcement of international human rights covenants.