LAHORE: Justice Muhammad Anwarul Haq on Tuesday took oath as 47th chief justice of the Lahore High Court.
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar administered oath to Justice Haq at a ceremony also attended by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. Judges of the LHC, provincial ministers, vice chairman of Pakistan Bar Council, presidents and office-bearers of Lahore High Court Bar Association and Lahore Bar Association, provincial and federal law officers and a host of legal luminaries also graced the occasion.
On his arrival at the LHC after the oath-taking ceremony, a guard of honour was presented to Chief Justice Haq by a police contingent.
Later, Chief Justice Haq administered oath to six newly confirmed judges and eight newly appointed additional judges of the high court.
The confirmed judges include Justice Mujahid Mustaqeem Ahmad, Justice Asjad Javaid Ghural, Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh, Justice Jawad Hassan, Justice Muzammil Akhtar Shabbir and Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz.
The newly appointed additional judges include Justice Anwarul Haq Pannu, Justice Farooq Haider, Justice Shakilur Rehman Khan, Justice Muhammad Waheed Khan, Justice Ahmad Raza, Justice Risal Hassan Syed, Justice Asim Hafeez and Justice Sadiq Mahmud Khurram.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice Haq issued transfer and posting orders of different officers of the court. According to a notification, Registrar Bahadar Ali Khan has been relieved from the position while District & Sessions Judge Shakeel Ahmad has been posted as registrar.
District & Sessions Judge Bushra Zaman has been posted as director general of district judiciary and District & Sessions Judge Jawadul Hassan has been posted as staff officer of the chief justice.
Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2018
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