The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry who visited Supreme Court Registry, Karachi, today had a fairly busy schedule. Apart from chairing the Roll Signing Ceremony of the Supreme Court Lawyers and attending various other meetings including Supreme Court Building Committee, he received the office bearers of the Sindh High Court Bar Association, led by its President Anwar Mansoor Khan, Karachi Bar Association, led by its President Mahmoodul Hassan, and Hyderabad as well as Sanghar District Bar Association, led by President Nisar Ahmed Durani and former President Anwar Mehmood Nizamani.
The Lawyers' representatives discussed many issues of their concern/interest with the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The Sindh High Court Bar Association raised the issue of shortage of judges at the High Court of Sindh, because of which number of pending cases is increasing. The Chief Justice of Pakistan stated that the names for elevation are initiated by the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court and subsequently discussed by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan.
He said that he has already discussed the matter with the Chief Justice of High Court of Sindh and necessary steps will be taken soon to increase the strength of the High Court. The Bar members also discussed various problems including target killing of lawyers in Karachi and issues pertaining to administration of justice in particular dismissal of cases on technical grounds as well as early dismissal of cases for non-prosecution. The Hon'ble Chief Justice assured to look into these problems and have then discussed and resolved at the proper forum.-PR
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