The meeting of Parliamentary Committee constituted for appointment of judges’ in higher judiciary would be held today (Friday) for approval of recommendations of Judicial Commission (JC).
Parliamentary Committee has received recommendations of Judicial
Commission regarding the appointments of four Judges’ in Supreme Court
and three judges in Islamabad High Court as well as appointments of
chief justices of Lahore and Peshawar High Courts also have recommended
by JC.
The names of Chief Justice Lahore High Court Aijaz Ahmad Chaudhry,
Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Aijaz Afzal including two senior judge
of Sindh High Court Justice Syed Gulzar Ahmad and Retd judge of Sindh
High Court Justice Muhammad Ather Saeed have been recommended for
elevation to SC.
After four appointments in Supreme Court all the 17 permanent vacancies would be filled.
Senate secretariat sources told the SANA that Chairman Parliamentary
Committee senator Nayer Hussain Bukhari has received recommendations of
Judicial Commission.
Judicial Commission has recommended appointments of M Qurashi, Azam Afridi and Shaukat Sidiqqui for Islamabad High Court.
Meanwhile, Judicail Commission has recommended the names of Justice
Sheikh Azmat Saed and Justice Dost Muhammad Khan for their appointment
as Chief Justices of LHC and PHC respectively. SANA
