The Pakistan Bar Council has summoned its session on Wednesday, February 26, to nominate its representative in the judicial commission. Sources have said that senior lawyer Ahsan Bhoon will likely be nominated as a member of the JCP to replace Akhtar Hussain. Akhtar Hussain has tendered resignation from the judicial commission over the issue of […]
Different bodies of lawyers have announced holding a protest in Islamabad today, Monday, against a session of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) to pick eight judges for the Supreme Court. The administration said the Metro Bus service will not be available from Faiz Ahmed Faiz station to Secretariat and Rawalpindi Saddar Station to Faiz […]
The JCP session approved 10 additional judges instead of nine judges number, given in the agenda of the commission’s meeting, sources said. The judicial commission approved 10 judges for the high court including two district and session judges and eight lawyers. The JCP approved the names of district judges Farah Jamshed and Inamullah to be […]
According to the notification, the commission has sought nominations for 12 additional judges for the Sindh High Court, four for the Islamabad High Court, 10 for the Lahore High Court, nine for the Peshawar High Court, and three for the Balochistan High Court. The move comes as the JCP finalized new rules for appointing judges […]
Justice Shah in his letter to the Secretary Judicial Commission has opposed getting a report from the intelligence agency on judges’ appointments. “The role of the intelligence agency in the appointment of judges can be misused,” Justice Mansoor Ali Shah writes. “Already the executive enjoying majority in the judicial commission. I have already clarified my […]
