Police officers walk past Pakistan’s Supreme Court building, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 6, 2022. REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of ten additional judges to the Sindh High Court (SHC) by majority vote.
The commission also appointed four judges to the constitutional bench of the high court. Interestingly, three of the judges assigned to the court were among the 10 confirmed judges.
The PCJ met in the conference room of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to make recommendations for the confirmation of additional judges of the SHC and the reconstitution and extension of the constitutional courts. The meeting was chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi.
According to an official statement, the JCP, after due consideration of the relevant data form, background and evaluation of the material placed before it, recommended, by a majority of its total members, the confirmation of 10 additional judges as judges of the SHC.
They are judges Miran Muhammad Shah, Tasneem Sultana, Riazat Ali Sahar, Muhammad Hasan (Akber), Abdul Hamid Bhung, Jan Ali Junejo, Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro, Ali Haider ‘Ada’, Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi and Muhammad Jaffer Raza.
The commission also granted six-month extension to two additional judges – Khalid Hussain Shahani and Syed Fiaz-ul-Hassan Shah.
Similarly, the PCJ, by a majority of its total members, nominated four judges to the constitutional courts of the SHC. They are judges Amjad Ali Bohio, Muhammad Hassan (Akber), Ali Haider ‘Ada’ and Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi.
The commission also extended the mandate of the constitutional courts by six months.
