The Legal Commission for Pakistan (JCP) is ready to meet here Monday (today) to consider the increase of eight Supreme Court judges to the Supreme Court, despite the calls of some judges and sections of the legal community to postpone the meeting.

Just a few days ago, four Supreme Court’s judges wrote to Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, who also leads JCP and requested a postponement. In addition, a JCP member also wrote a separate letter calling on Chief Justice to postpone the new agreements to the point of view.

The renewed JCP meets here on Monday (today). 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.

Sources show that the meeting is expected to approve the increase of the most important judge of Islamabad High Court (IHC), Sindh High Court (SHC), Balochistan High Court (BHC) and Peshawar High Court (PHC) to the Supreme Court. In addition, two judges from SHC and two from PHC are also probably increased.

In addition to the SHC chefs siddiqui, according to the sources, JCP would consider four names for a height of the point. Similarly, the sources said PHC Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim’s height was likely, while JCP would consider four other names for a height to the Supreme Court.

The sources also said that IHC high -rank Aamer Farooq and BHC Chief Justice Kakar would probably be raised to the Supreme Court, while two senior judges in LHC would be considered. The sources said that LHC high -rank Aalia Neelum would probably be in High Court.

On the other hand, the sources said, JCP had invited names to four appointments as additional judges in LHC. The names had been invited before February 13 in the context of JCP’s 6th February, they added.

In the meantime, the lawyers were shared about the question of the height of the judges to the Supreme Court. A section of the lawyers said the process should postpone until the decision on the court challenges to 26. Constitutional amendment, and the recent transfer of three judges to IHC.

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.

Aplac announced that the lawyers from all over the country would hold a token Protestmarsch at the Supreme Court Monday (today) to demand the rollback of 26. Change and a full hearing on the appeals against it without the inclusion of any new appointed.

“This protest will act as a strong and unified message from the legal fraternity, as any effort to submit to the judiciary or manipulate its composition will not be tolerated, said it.” We confirm our unwavering decision to defend the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law. “

However, the current office carriers of PBC, SCBA and provincial bars issued a separate statement in favor of JCP, and rejected and condemned the so-called call for protest against sabotaging the JCP meeting.

The lawyer’s bodies regretted that some political factions within the legal community “tried to create chaos and division to achieve their dishonest political goals” and their dubious political agendas.

“We assure these factions that their meaningless exercises performed by political elements are bound to fail and soon become ineffective. Once again we want the chosen representatives to make it clear that we support all the legal commission in Pakistan , ”stated the joint statement.

They called the formation of JCP the most balanced in recent times and added that they accepted the 26th constitutional change and the events that followed as part of the constitution. “It’s the duty of any law -abiding citizen to follow this framework,” the statement added.

“We, the elected representatives of the legal society, have always been responsible for the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, the supremacy of the institutions and the maintenance of the constitution,” said the joint statement.