Lower courts: New CJ orders transfers of 330 judges

LAHORE: The new chief justice of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered a massive reshuffle in the subordinate judiciary. He passed transfer and posting orders of 330 judicial officers of various ranks. Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik transferred and posted 125 additional district and sessions judges, 35 senior civil judges and 170 civil judges cum judicial magistrates.  He also promoted nine deputy registrars (BS-19) of the LHC to additional registrars in BS-20. Those promoted include Saima Mushtaq, Irshad Munawar, Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Akram, Syed Shabbir Hussain Shah, Muhammd Sarwar, Abdul Hafeez, Muhammad Asghar, and Iftikhar Ahmad Samdani.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 2^nd, 2015.