Judicial Commission of Pakistan to meet today to pick judges for LHC
Pakistan
Four sessions judges and 45 lawyers have submitted nominations for the posts
LAHORE (Dunya News) – A meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is set to take place today, Thursday, to discuss the appointment of 10 additional judges to the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi will chair the meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 2 pm in the Supreme Court Committee Room.
Sources said the Judicial Commission has received 49 nominations, which include four sessions judges and 45 senior lawyers, against ten positions.
The four session judges, who will be considered for the post, include Qaiser Nazir Butt, Muhammad Akmal Khan, Jazila Aslam, and Abhar Gul Khan.
The meeting will also consider the names of Advocate Adnan Shuja Butt, Ayan Tariq Bhutta, Ambreen Anwar Raja, Asad Mehmood Abbasi, Asma Hameed, Bushra Qamar, Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Sultan Mehmood, and Ghulam Sarwar.
The meeting will also review the names of Haider Rasool Mirza, Haris Azmat, Haseeb Shakoor Parcha, Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom, Huma Ijaz Zaman, Khalid Ishaq, Malik Javed Iqbal Wain, Malik Mohammad Owais, Malik Waqaar Haider Awan, Mian Bilal Bashir, Maghees Aslam, Muhammad Aurangzeb Khan, Muhammad Javed Zafar, and Muhammad Naveed Farhan.
The Judicial Commission will also consider the names of Nawazish Ali Peerzada, Sajid Khan Tanoli, Saqib Jilani, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Manwarul Salam, Muqtadar Akhtar Shabbir, Mushtaq Ahmed, Najaf Muzammil Khan, Naveed Ahmed Khawaja, Qadir Bakhsh, Qasim Ali Chohan, Rafi Zeeshan, Javed Altaf, Rana Shamshad Khan, Rizwan Akhtar Awan, and Sabahat Rizvi.
The meeting will also review the names of Salman Ahmed, Samia Khalid, Sardar Akbar Ali, Shaigan Ijaz, Syed Ahsan Raza Kazmi, Intikhab Hussain Shah, and Usman Akram Sahi.
