KARACHI: Six additional judges of the Sindh High Court, including a female judge, took oath on Tuesday, taking the total number of sitting judges to 39.

SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh administered the oath to Justices Kausar Sultana Hussain, Irshad Ali Shah, Agha Faisal, Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry, Amjad Ali Sahito and Shamsuddin Abbasi in a ceremony held on the SHC premises.

Published in Dawn, February 7th, 2018

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