The JCP will consider the appointment of 5 additional judges in Peshawar High Court (PHC).
Chief Justice (CJ) PHC Justice Mazhar Alam Mian Khel has sent names of two judges and three lawyers to the Judicial Commission. They are Muhammad Bashir, Muhammad Ayyub Marwat and three lawyers include Umer Farooq, Muzammal Khan and Mian Hussain.
Judicial Commission (JC) will consider these names and recommend for their appointment as judges of high court.
The JCP will also consider the confirmation of two additional judges of the Islamabad High Court, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb.
According to Article 175-A of the constitution, which draws the procedure of appointment of superior courts' judges, the JCP, after confirmation, will propose the names to parliamentary committee following which the president of Pakistan will approve the names, while the Ministry of Law and Justice will issue the notification.
A commission, under the above-said article, after the 18th Constitutional Amendment, was formed under the chairmanship of the CJP, which consisted of the law minister, four senior-most judges, the attorney general of Pakistan, a retired judge and a representative of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC).