Sindh, Balochistan Courts: Seal of approval for additional judges

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has approved appointment of three additional judges of Balochistan High Court.

These include, Shakil Ahmed currently posted as Advocate General of Balochistan, Advocate Muhammad Ejaz Swati and Advocate Muhammad Kamran Mulakhai.

The appointments of Shaukat Ali Memon, district and sessions judge Karachi (Central), Mrs. Ashraf Jehan, district and sessions judge Karachi (East), Shahnawaz Tariq, district and sessions judge Karachi (West), Abdul Malik Gaddi, registrar at Sindh High Court and Hassan Feroze, district and sessions judge, as additional judges of the High Court of Sindh has been approved by the president.

The summary states that their nominations were forwarded to Parliamentary Committee on Judges’ Appointment in the Superior Courts by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 30^th, 2013.