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Friday, September 9, 2011

Parliamentary body approves regularization of 2 out of 6 SHC additional judges

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Committee constituted for appointment of judges in superior judiciary has accorded approval to regularise 2 out of 6 additional judges of Sindh High Court (SHC) and it will take decision regarding regularization of remaining 4 judges today.
Committee met here Thursday under its chairman senator Nayyar Hussain Bokhari in parliament house to review the recommendations sent by Judicial Commission (JC).

Chief Justice of Pakistan and chairman of JC Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had recommended to regularize 6 additional judges of SHC. These judges included Justice Shahid Anwar, Justice Ghulam Sarwar Porai, Justice Ahmad Ali Sheikh, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, Justice Aqeel Ahmad Abbasi and justice Muneeb Akhtar.
Sources told Online parliamentary committee reviewed the record of all judges during its meeting. However the participants of the meeting could not develop consensus on regularisation of 4 out of 6 judges being record of some judges incomplete. Therefore, the duration of meeting was extended for one day more.Online