Professor Ali Riaz, former vice-chairman of the recently expired National Consensus Commission, has been appointed as special assistant to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
He will receive the rank, salary, and benefits equivalent to an adviser.
A notification was issued in this regard on Thursday.
Following last year’s mass uprising, the government initially formed six reform commissions. Among them, Professor Ali Riaz, a political science professor at Illinois State University in the United States, was appointed head of the Constitutional Reform Commission.
After the commission submitted its report, the National Consensus Commission was formed, with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus serving as its chairman and Professor Ali Riaz as vice-chairman.
After nearly eight months of discussions with political parties regarding the proposals from the six reform commissions, the National Consensus Commission finalized the July National Charter last October.
On October 28, the commission submitted two alternative recommendations to the interim government on implementing the charter.
Based on those recommendations, the government on Thursday issued the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025.
