PESHAWAR: Two additional judges of the Peshawar High Court — Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim — took oath here on Friday as the permanent judges of the high court.

The Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Yahya Afridi administered oath to them at a ceremony at the Court Room No 1.

The two judges were earlier appointed additional judges of the court by the President of Pakistan in Aug 2016.Justice Ibrahim, coming from judicial service, was born in Swabi district on Apri 15, 1962. He started his judicial career in 1993 as additional district and sessions judge, serving in different cities, including Peshawar, Haripur, Kohat, Charsadda and Mansehra.

Before his elevation to the bench he was serving as district and sessions judge, Mardan. He also served in different special courts, including anti-terrorism court in Peshawar and Mardan, accountability court in Peshawar and labour court Haripur.

He was administrative judge of accountability courts in Peshawar and carried reputation of an honest judge deciding cases without any fear or favour.

Justice Ibrahim was born on Dec 2, 1969, at Khazana village in Peshawar. He was an advocate of the Supreme Court and remained president, secretary general and joint secretary of PHC Bar Association. He had also served as an assistant advocate general from 1999 to 2000 and as additional advocate general from 2008 to 2010. Justice Ibrahim did his graduation from Government College Peshawar and got his law degree from University of Peshawar in 1992.

Published in Dawn, June 2nd, 2018