LAHORE, Dec 8: The Lahore High Court chief justice on Saturday terminated services of Naeem Ahmad, Civil Judge-Cum-Judicial Magistrate of Minchinabad, under Section 10 of the Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974, while confirmed service of 13 additional district and sessions judges after completion of their probation period.

They are Muhammad Akram (Rahim Yar Khan), Waseemur Rehman (Lahore), Muhammad Yar Gondal, Amjad Nazir Chaudhry and Muhammad Naveed Iqbal (Rawalpindi), Muhammad Asghar Khan and Syed Dawar Zafar Ali (Faisalabad), Muhammad Shabbir (Sangla Hill), Naseem Ahmad Virk (Pindi Bhattian), Asad Ali (Attock), Tariq Mahmood Bajwah (Multan), Tariq Javed (Ferozwala), and Nasir Hussain (Bahawalpur).

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