PHC notifies judicial officers for ex-Fata
District and sessions judges and additional judges nominated for the seven merged districts
Peshawar High Court. PHOTO: PPI/FILE
PESHAWAR:
For the first time in the history of country, the regular courts and judges will start working in the tribal districts, as the Peshawar High Court on Monday notified appointment of judicial officers for the seven merged districts with immediate effect.
The Peshawar High Court Registrar Khawaja Wajihud Din said that PHC Chief Justice Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth had directed to forthwith ensure that district judiciary was to function in those merged districts at the earliest.
In the first leg, for each tribal district, a district and sessions judge, two additional district and sessions judges and one senior civil judge have been posted.
In due course civil judges cum judicial magistrates shall be transferred.
Acting on this directive, just recently sizable promotions were made by PHC Administration Committee and finally officers have been posted to the merged districts.
As per the notification, Shahid Khan has been appointed District and Sessions Judge Khyber. Nasrullah Khan Gandapur, District and Sessions Judge Bajour, Salahud Din, District and Sessions Judge Kurram, Kalim Arshad Khan, District and Sessions Judge South Waziristan, Asghar Shah, District and Sessions Judge Orakzai, Asad Hameed Khan, District and Sessions Judge Mohmand, Mumrez Khan Khalil, District and Sessions Judge AR North Waziristan.
Similarly, Shaukat Ahmad Khan has been appointed Additional District and Sessions Judge, South Waziristan, Ihteshamul Haq Danishmand, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kurram, Rashidullah Kundi, Additional District and Sessions Judge, North Waziristan, Jamal Shah Mahsood, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Orakzai,
Shaukat Ali, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Orakzai, Wali Muhammad Khan, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mohmand, Mian ZahidullahJan, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bajour, Sultan Hussain, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kurram, Dr Qazi Attaullah, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bajour, Mohib Jan, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mohmand, Asif Rashid, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Khyber, Fida Muhammad, Additional District and Sessions Judge, South Waziristan, Muhammad Jameel, Additional District and Sessions Judge, North Waziristan and Jamal Shah Mehsood, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Orakzai.
The senior civil judges include: Zafarullah, Senior Civil Judge (Administration), Khyber, Asad Ullah, Senior Civil Judge (Judicial), South Waziristan, Ubaid Ullah, Senior Civil Judge(Judicial), Mohmand, Muhammad Ayaz, Senior Civil Judge, Orakzai, Abdul Hassan Mohmand, Senior Civil Judge, North Waziristan, Issa Khan, Senior Civil Judge, Kurram and Iftikhar Ahmad, Senior Civil Judge, Bajour.
As per a policy statement these officers shall have the place of sitting in the adjoining districts till the time the provincial government provides requisite facilities at those districts.
The temporary sitting are; Khyber Federal Judicial Complex, Hayatabad, Bajour, Timargara, Dir Lower, Kurram Thall, Hangu, South Waziristan, Tank, Orakzai, Hangu, Mohmand, Shabqadar, Charsadda, North Waziristan, Bannu.
These makeshift arrangements shall be for a maximum period of five to six months and hopefully there would be swift transition to the newly merged districts, the statement said.
A requisition has been sent to the K-P Provincial Public Service Commission for recruitment of 24 civil judges cum Judicial Magistrates on urgent basis. These posted officers have been directed to relinquish the charge of their present post with immediate effect and minimize the joining time so as to ensure that the vacuum situation prevailing at the NMDs ends at the earliest. The PHC in coordination with KP Judicial Academy is working on war footing to devise a training course for these judicial officers so as make them conversant with the peculiar customs and tradition of these Districts, said the Registrar.
Khawaja Wajihud Din further disclosed that there are 907 posts of the supporting staff of these districts.
The process of recruitment shall start immediately. As per Rules the recruitment of the support staff shall be carried out strictly on merit and from amongst the bona fide domiciled residents of these newly merged districts.
Peshawar High Court has also shared with the provincial government the budget estimates for the District Judiciary of these merged districts and it is hoped that necessary fiscal support shall be carried out at the earliest.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 26th, 2019.
For the first time in the history of country, the regular courts and judges will start working in the tribal districts, as the Peshawar High Court on Monday notified appointment of judicial officers for the seven merged districts with immediate effect.
The Peshawar High Court Registrar Khawaja Wajihud Din said that PHC Chief Justice Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth had directed to forthwith ensure that district judiciary was to function in those merged districts at the earliest.
In the first leg, for each tribal district, a district and sessions judge, two additional district and sessions judges and one senior civil judge have been posted.
In due course civil judges cum judicial magistrates shall be transferred.
Acting on this directive, just recently sizable promotions were made by PHC Administration Committee and finally officers have been posted to the merged districts.
As per the notification, Shahid Khan has been appointed District and Sessions Judge Khyber. Nasrullah Khan Gandapur, District and Sessions Judge Bajour, Salahud Din, District and Sessions Judge Kurram, Kalim Arshad Khan, District and Sessions Judge South Waziristan, Asghar Shah, District and Sessions Judge Orakzai, Asad Hameed Khan, District and Sessions Judge Mohmand, Mumrez Khan Khalil, District and Sessions Judge AR North Waziristan.
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Similarly, Shaukat Ahmad Khan has been appointed Additional District and Sessions Judge, South Waziristan, Ihteshamul Haq Danishmand, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kurram, Rashidullah Kundi, Additional District and Sessions Judge, North Waziristan, Jamal Shah Mahsood, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Orakzai,
Shaukat Ali, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Orakzai, Wali Muhammad Khan, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mohmand, Mian ZahidullahJan, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bajour, Sultan Hussain, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kurram, Dr Qazi Attaullah, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bajour, Mohib Jan, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mohmand, Asif Rashid, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Khyber, Fida Muhammad, Additional District and Sessions Judge, South Waziristan, Muhammad Jameel, Additional District and Sessions Judge, North Waziristan and Jamal Shah Mehsood, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Orakzai.
The senior civil judges include: Zafarullah, Senior Civil Judge (Administration), Khyber, Asad Ullah, Senior Civil Judge (Judicial), South Waziristan, Ubaid Ullah, Senior Civil Judge(Judicial), Mohmand, Muhammad Ayaz, Senior Civil Judge, Orakzai, Abdul Hassan Mohmand, Senior Civil Judge, North Waziristan, Issa Khan, Senior Civil Judge, Kurram and Iftikhar Ahmad, Senior Civil Judge, Bajour.
As per a policy statement these officers shall have the place of sitting in the adjoining districts till the time the provincial government provides requisite facilities at those districts.
The temporary sitting are; Khyber Federal Judicial Complex, Hayatabad, Bajour, Timargara, Dir Lower, Kurram Thall, Hangu, South Waziristan, Tank, Orakzai, Hangu, Mohmand, Shabqadar, Charsadda, North Waziristan, Bannu.
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These makeshift arrangements shall be for a maximum period of five to six months and hopefully there would be swift transition to the newly merged districts, the statement said.
A requisition has been sent to the K-P Provincial Public Service Commission for recruitment of 24 civil judges cum Judicial Magistrates on urgent basis. These posted officers have been directed to relinquish the charge of their present post with immediate effect and minimize the joining time so as to ensure that the vacuum situation prevailing at the NMDs ends at the earliest. The PHC in coordination with KP Judicial Academy is working on war footing to devise a training course for these judicial officers so as make them conversant with the peculiar customs and tradition of these Districts, said the Registrar.
Khawaja Wajihud Din further disclosed that there are 907 posts of the supporting staff of these districts.
The process of recruitment shall start immediately. As per Rules the recruitment of the support staff shall be carried out strictly on merit and from amongst the bona fide domiciled residents of these newly merged districts.
Peshawar High Court has also shared with the provincial government the budget estimates for the District Judiciary of these merged districts and it is hoped that necessary fiscal support shall be carried out at the earliest.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 26th, 2019.