ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday got three more judges after Chief Justice Athar Minallah administered the oath to the newly appointed additional judges on Friday.

After taking oath of their offices the judges formally started performing their duties.

IHC Chief Justice Minallah administered the oath to Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, Justice Arbab Mohammad Tahir and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz during a ceremony on the court premises .

The event was attended by IHC Justice Aamer Farooq, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Justice Babar Sattara.

A large number of lawyers, judges and other personalities participated in the oath taking ceremony.

After the oath taking ceremony, the new judges assumed their respective offices and heard the petitions fixed before them.

Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan and Justice Arbab Mohammad Tahir heard two cases each while Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz took three cases for hearing on Friday. After addition of three news judges the number of judges had reached to nine.

Published in Dawn, December 18th, 2021