- CJP YAHYA AFRIDI presides over two consecutive JCP meetings.
- Extended term of constitutional banks SHC.
- Review of the Commission Performance of Judges of the Superior Court.
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has extended the possession of the Constitutional Bank of the Supreme Court until November 30, 2025, according to a statement issued by the Superior Court.
The decision was taken during a JCP meeting held at the Supreme Court building in Islamabad. The session was chaired by the president of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi.
According to the statement, the JCP held two separate meetings on Thursday to consider matters related to the constitutional banks of the Supreme Court and the Superior Court of Sindh, as well as the judicial performance evaluations.
At the first meeting, the JCP approved the extension of the Constitutional Bank of the Supreme Court until November 30, 2025. The commission also deliberated in a policy decision under article 175a (20) of the Constitution with respect to the annual performance evaluation of the judges of the Superior Court.
“As part of this initiative, the president of JCP constituted a broad base committee that includes representatives of the Judiciary, the Parliament, the Executive and the legal community to write rules for judicial performance evaluations,” said the statement.
In the second meeting, the Superior Judicial Corps, by majority, extended the term of the constitutional banks of the Superior Court of Sindh (SHC) for six months, as of July 23, 2025.
As part of the changes, two new judges, Judge Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry and Judge Jaffar Raza, were appointed to replace Judge Agha Faisal and the healthy judge Akram Minhas.
In a separate development, the Supreme Court dismissed on Thursday the supplications filed against the transfer of judges of three courts higher than the Superior Court of Islamabad and called them as constitutional while ruleding that Judge Sarfraz Dogar can continue working as the IHC interim justice tribunal.
The Verdict Was Annoounce By Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Who Was Heading the Five-Member Constitutional Bench Hearing Petitions Filled By Five IHC Judges, The Karachi Bar Association (KBA), The IHC Bar Association, and Others Against The Transfer of Justice Sarfraz Sarfraz Dimar From Lahore High Court, Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro from the Sindh High Court, and Justice Muhammad Asif from the Superior Court of Baluchistan. The three judges were among those transferred to the IHC.
The bank also includes Judge Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Judge Shahid Bilal Hassan, Judge Salahuddin Panhwar and Judge Shakeel Ahmed.
