The Commonwealth has appointed Nigeria's former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, as the head of the Commonwealth mission to observe elections in Pakistan.
The Commonwealth Secretariat, in a statement by its Media Division, said Secretary-General Patricia Scotland would deploy Mr Abubakar to lead other eminent persons from across the Commonwealth regions.
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