The president of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Yahya Afridi, administered on Friday the oath to six newly appointed judges of the Supreme Court during a formal ceremony.
The oath ceremony saw the sworn of Judge Aamir Faooq, Judge Shafi Siddiqui, Judge Hashim Kakar, Judge Ishtiaq Ibrahim, Judge Salahuddin, Judge Shakeel Ahmed and Judge Ad Hoc Justice Gul Hassan.
The event was attended by Judges of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General, the Senior Lawyers, the journalists, the Judicial Personnel, as well as the officers of the Bar Association of the Supreme Court and the Pakistan Bar Association.
Separately, President Asif Ali Zardari will administer the oath to the Interim President of IHC justice, Sarfaraz Dogar.
These judges were nominated Monday at a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) that was boycotted by two SC judges, as well as two members of the opposition party.
The JCP of 13 members, headed by the president of the Supreme Court Yahya Afridi, met to consider the nominations for the appointments of the Supreme Court. According to a statement on the website of the Supreme Court, the nominations were approved by a majority vote.
The meeting was held despite the demands of some judges and a section of the legal fraternity to delay the procedures until the appeals against the 26th constitutional amendment were decided and the question of the new list of seniority of IHC was resolved.
Last week, four judges of the Supreme Court, the senior judge of Puisne Mansoor Ali Shah and Munib Akhtar, Athar Minallah and Ayesha Malik went to a letter to the President of the Supreme Court Afridi, asking him to delay the appointment of new judges until the decision of the appeals with respect to the 26th. Amendment.
Later, Pakistan Senator Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) Ali Zafar, who is a member of JCP, also asked the President of the Supreme Court Afridi to delay the appointment of new judges for the APEX court until the issuance of the issuance of The age of IHC judges.
At the beginning of the JCP meeting on Monday, according to the sources, Judge Shah, while referring to the Charter of Judges, demanded the postponement of the meeting. His statement was supported by Judge Akhtar, as well as Senator Ali Zafar and the member of the National Assembly Gohar Ali Khan.
In the midst of the meeting, lawyers and litigants faced difficulties, since some section of the legal fraternity had called protest against the meeting and new appointments for the Apex court. Due to the protest, several roads were closed in the area.
