ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has appointed ten additional judges to the Peshawar High Court (PHC).<\/p>\n
The commission\u2019s meeting on Saturday approved the nomination with a majority and decided that nominees who did not secure the required votes this time will be reconsidered for future vacancies.<\/p>\n
Those who have been nominated as additional judges are advocates Muhammad Tariq Afridi, Abdul Fayaz, Sabitullah Khan, Salahud Din, Sadiq Ali, Syed Mudasser Ameer, Aurangzeb and Qazi Jawad Ehsanullah; and district and sessions judges Farah Jamshed and Inamullah Khan.<\/p>\n
Initially, the agenda stated that it would only discuss the nominations.<\/p>\n
Meeting held only to discuss nominations ends up approving them; PBC rejects changes to law governing bar elections<\/p>\n
However, at the start of the meeting on Saturday, PHC Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim suggested the commission approve the nominations.<\/p>\n
A source told Dawn that the suggestion was endorsed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, who heads the commission.<\/p>\n
However, the Supreme Court\u2019s senior puisne judge, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, suggested the meeting stick to the original agenda to \u201cward off any doubts\u201d in future appointments.<\/p>\n
The nominees of Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, PPP Senator Farooq H. Naek, and Pakistan Bar Council representative Akhtar Hussain received 10 to 11 votes from the commission\u2019s 13 members.<\/p>\n
The nominees suggested by PTI\u2019s Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Senator Ali Zafar failed to get any votes.<\/p>\n
The nomination of one of the nominees was approved after the individual submitted a certificate renouncing their UK nationality, the source said.<\/p>\n
PBC rejects amendments<\/p>\n
Separately, the executive committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has rejected the amendments in the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973, proposed by the Ministry of Law and Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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