ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's new Chief Election Commissioner took his oath of office Saturday as opposition protests for a probe into allegations of vote rigging by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif run into their fourth month.

Sardar Muhammad Raza, 69, a retired Supreme Court judge and chief of Sharia court, was sworn in as Chief Election Commissioner by Supreme Court Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, the Supreme Court said in a statement Saturday.

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