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Speaker Nominates Members for Judicial Commission

Speaker Nominates Members for Judicial Commission

The National Assembly’s Speaker in his letter to the Supreme Judicial Commission has nominated the Leader of Opposition Omar Ayub and PML-N’s Shaikh Aftab from the NA, while Farooq Naik and Shibli Faraz from the Senate for the commission that will appoint the judges.

The Speaker has nominated former senator Roshan Khurshid Barrucha for the women’s seat.

“All nominations have been forwarded to the Secretary Judicial Commission,” a spokesperson of the National Assembly said.

“Five members of the Parliament have been added to the judicial commission after the passage of the 26th Amendment,” the spokesman said. “An equal representation has been given to the government and the opposition in the names from the parliament to the commission”.

“The nominations have been received to the Supreme Court”.

“The Speaker has forwarded the names after consultations with the Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gillani and all parliamentary parties,” the NA spokesman added.

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