ISLAMABAD: The Judi­cial Commission ext­e­n­ded on Wednesday for another year the tenure of Justice Athar Minallah of the Islamabad High Court and recommended elevation of 10 individuals as additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC).

The meeting which was presided over by Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk considered and approved the extension of Justice Minallah. It endorsed the names of Sardar Ahmed Naeem, Mushtaq Ahmed Tarar, Shahid Mubeen, Farrukh Gulzar Awan, Erum Sajad Gul, Raja Mehmood Abbasi, Aslam Javed Min­has, Shehran Sarwar Chaud­hry, Muhammad Sajid Mehmood Sethi and Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar as additional judges for the LHC.

The recommendations will now be taken up by the Parliamentary Com­m­ittee in its meeting exp­ected to be called soon.

Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play

Opinion

Editorial

Ties with Tehran
24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

THE official visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, which ends today, has been marked by mutual praise, and...
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...
By-election trends
Updated 23 Apr, 2024

By-election trends

Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Privatising PIA
23 Apr, 2024

Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Suffering in captivity
23 Apr, 2024

Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...