ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Judicial Commission (JC) on Saturday recommended the elevation of Shaikh Ahmed Farooq and Justice (retd) Rashid Jehangir as judges of the Federal Shariat Court.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who presided over the commission’s meeting, also approved the names of Abdus Sami Khan, Ibadur Rehman Lodhi, Shahid Waheed, Shujat Ali Khan and Baqqir Ali Najfi as additional judges of the Lahore High Court for a one-year term.

The recommendations so suggested by the commission will now be taken up by the Parliamentary Committee (PC) for approval.

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