Balochistan High Court: Four permanent, three additional judges sworn-in

These judges were recently appointed by Zardari to overcome chronic shortage of judges in the province.

QUETTA:

Four permanent and three additional judges of the high court were sworn in by Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday.

The four permanent judges of the high court are: Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Tahira Safadar, Justice Muhammad Noor Miskanzai and Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal, while additional judges are: Justice Abdul Qadir Mengal, Justice Muhammad Hashim Kakar and Justice Naeem Akhtar.

These judges were recently appointed by Asif Ali Zardari to overcome chronic shortage of judges in the province, because of which there is a huge backlog of pending cases.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 13^th, 2011.