The Legal Commission for Pakistan has approved the appointment of six judges to the Supreme Court, including the increase of the most important judge in three high courts, in an important decision that is expected to shape the country’s legal landscape.
Among the nominees are Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Hashim Khan Kakar, Sindh High Court Chief Justice Shafi Siddiqui and Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq.
Their inclusion strengthens the Supreme Court’s bench with experienced legal minds from all over the country.
The approval follows considerations within the Commission, which is responsible for vettering and confirming legal appointments.
The renewed JCP met Monday. It was expanded through the 26th constitutional amendment.
13-memories JCP is led by Chief Justice of Pakistan and includes four judges at the Pointed Court as well as parliamentarians from both the Treasury and the Opposition and others.
The Legal Commission for Pakistan (JCP) called on Monday to consider the height of the Eight Supreme Court judges to the Supreme Court, despite the calls of some judges and sections of the legal community to postpone the meeting.
In the last few days, four Supreme Court’s judges and five IHC judges, besides JCP Members Senator Ali Zafar, wrote separate letters to Chief Justice Afridi to postpone the JCP meeting until decisions on the pending appeals against 26. Amendments and the new seniority list of list Over IHC judges.
All Pakistan Attorneys Action Committee (Aplac), who represented the lawyers who opposed the 26th amendment, approved in a statement the demand of the four judges who were postponed to the JCP meeting and delayed the appointment of the new judge.
The statement, signed by several former presidents and office carriers in Pakistan carried Council (PBC) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and other bars including Muneer A. Malik, Hamid Khan, Ali Ahmed Kurd, Qazi Anwar, Abid, Abid Zuberi, promised to defend the independence of the judiciary.
Meanwhile, lawyers have been shared about the question of raising judges to the Supreme Court.
Some claimed that the process should be postponed until the court challenges to the 26th constitutional amendment resolved.
The lawyers staged a protest in the federal capital, which led to the suspension of metro bus connections on several routes between Islamabad and Rawal Pindi, which led to a significant disadvantage for commuters.
Authorities also sealed the sensitive red zone in the federal capital in response to the protest.
