Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa has formed a committee to examine the credentials, integrity and reputation of 13 nominees, recommended by Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice, for their appointment as additional judges of the high court.
The CJP, in his capacity of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) chairman, has summoned a meeting on July 1 to consider the names.
LHC CJ Sardar Muhammad Shamim has proposed the names of 10 lawyers, Abdul Rehman Aurangzeb, Muhammad Asif Saeed Rana , Khalid Waheed Khan, Nasir Mahmud, Malik Waqar Haider Awan, Ansar Nawaz Mirza, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Khalid Msasood Ch, Mushtaq Ahmad Mohal , Muhammad Ilyas Sheikh, and three district and sessions judges, Chaudhry Humayun Imtiaz, Shakil Ahmad and Safdar Saleem Shahid.
Abdul Rehman Aurangzeb has served as an additional judge of the LHC for a year in 2017 but the JCP did not extend his tenure.
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The CJP has formed a committee under Rule 6 of the JCP Rules 2010 to verify the credential of the 13 nominees.
SC judge Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed will be convener of the committee. Other members include LHC senior judge Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh, Attorney General for Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan and Punjab Bar Council member Rana Muhammad Arif Kamal Noon.
The committee is authorised to gather evidence/ information from other sources about the nominees’ credentials based on acceptable evidence.
The committee will produce its reports before the commission in the meeting on July 1.
Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) representative Akhtar Hussain will attend the first meeting of the commission.
The CJP has also summoned a meeting to consider five names for the appointment to the Peshawar High Court on the same day.
Bar associations have continuously been questioning the procedure for the appointment of judges since 2010. The PBC has asked the JCP to amend its rules for ensuring transparency in the process.
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