President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the confirmation and extension of tenure of additional judges of the High Courts of Sindh, Lahore and Peshawar, in accordance with the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan and on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
For the Sindh High Court, the president approved the confirmation of 10 additional judges. They include Justices Miran Muhammad Shah, Tasneem Sultana, Riazat Ali Sahar, Muhammad Hasan, Abdul Hamid Bhung, Jan Ali Junejo, Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro, Ali Haider ‘Ada’, Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi and Muhammad Jaffer Raza.
Additionally, a six-month extension was granted to judges Khalid Hussain Shahani and Syed Faiz ul Hassan Shah.
11 additional judges were confirmed in the Lahore High Court. They are Judges Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom, Malik Waqar Haider Awan, Sardar Akbar Ali, Syed Ahsan Raza Kazmi, Malik Javed Iqbal Wains, Muhammad Jawad Zafar, Khalid Ishaq, Malik Muhammad Awais Khalid, Ch. Sultan Mahmood, Tanveer Ahmad Sheikh and Abher Gul Khan.
Read more: JCP recommends permanent appointment of 11 additional LHC judges
The President also approved a six-month extension in the tenure of Justice Tariq Mahmood Bajwa as Additional Judge of the Lahore High Court.
Confirmation of six additional judges was approved for the Peshawar High Court. Among them are Justices Muhammad Tariq Afridi, Abdul Fayaz, Salah ud Din, Sadiq Ali, Syed Mudasser Ameer and Qazi Jawad Ehsanullah.
Justices Farah Jamshed, Inam Ullah Khan, Sabit Ullah Khan and Aurangzeb were also granted a six-month extension.
The approvals complete an important round of judicial confirmations and extensions in the three high courts.
