The Judicial Commission of Pakistan approved the appointment of six judges for the Supreme Court, including the elevation of the main judges of three higher courts, in a key decision that is expected to shape the judicial landscape of the country.
Among the nominees are the president of the Superior Court of Baluchistan, Hashim Khan Kakar, the president of the Superior Court of Sindh, Shafi Siddiqui and the president of the Superior Court of Islamabad, Aamer Farooq.
Its inclusion strengthens the Bank of the Supreme Court with experienced legal minds throughout the country.
The approval follows the deliberations within the Commission, which is responsible for the investigation of research and confirmation of judicial appointments.
The renewed JCP met Monday. It expanded through the 26th constitutional amendment.
The JCP 13-Memner is led by the president of the president of Pakistan and includes four judges of the Apex court, as well as the parliamentarians of both the treasure and the opposition and others.
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) met Monday to consider the elevation of eight judges of the Court superior to the Supreme Court despite the calls of some judges and sections of the legal community to defer the meeting.
In recent days, four Judges of the Supreme Court and five IHC judges, in addition to the member member of the JCP, Senator Ali Zafar, wrote separate letters to the President of the Supreme Court Aphridi to postpone the JCP meeting until the decisions on the appeals Earrings against the 26th amendment and the new seniority list of the Antiquity List of the Golden List of the new list of yesteryear. IHC judges.
The lawyer committee of all the Pakistan (APLAC), which represented the lawyers, who opposed the 26th amendment, in a statement supported the claim of the four judges after the postponement of the JCP meeting and delayed the appointment of the new judges.
The declaration, signed by several former presidents and officers of the Office of the Bar Association of Pakistan (PBC) and the Association of Lawyers of the Supreme Court (SCBA) and other bars, including Muneer A. Malik, Hamid Khan, Ali Ahmed Kurd, Qazi Anwar, Art Zuberi, promised to defend the independence of the Judiciary.
Meanwhile, lawyers have divided the issue of raising the judges to the Supreme Court.
Some argued that the process must be postponed until the challenges of the Court are resolved to the 26th constitutional amendment.
The lawyers organized a protest in the Federal Capital City that led to the suspension of metropolitan bus services on several routes between Islamabad and Rawalpindi, which caused a significant inconvenience to travelers.
The authorities also sealed the sensitive red zone in the Federal Capital in response to the protest.
