President approves confirmation, extension of additional judges of Sindh, Lahore, Peshawar high courts

President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the confirmation and extension of tenure of additional judges of the high courts of Sindh, Lahore and Peshawar, in accordance with the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), the President’s Secretariat said in a statement on Thursday.

For the Sindh High Court, the president has approved the confirmation of the following ten additional judges: Justice Miran Muhammad Shah, Justice Ms Tasneem Sultana, Justice Riazat Ali Sahar, Justice Muhammad Hasan, Justice Abdul Hamid Bhurgi, Justice Jan Ali Junejo, Justice Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro, Justice Ali Haider ‘Ada’, Justice Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi and Justice Muhammad Jaffer Raza.

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The president has also approved a six-month extension in the tenure of the two additional judges of the Sindh High Court — Justice Khalid Hussain Shahani and Justice Syed Faiz ul Hassan Shah.

For the Lahore High Court, the president has approved the confirmation of the following eleven additional judges: Justice Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom, Justice Malik Waqar Haider Awan, Justice Sardar Akbar Ali, Justice Syed Ahsan Raza Kazmi, Justice Malik Javed Iqbal Wains, Justice Muhammad Jawad Zafar, Justice Khalid Ishaq, Justice Malik Muhammad Awais Khalid, Justice Ch. Sultan Mahmood, Justice Tanveer Ahmad Sheikh and Ms. Justice Abher Gul Khan.

The president has further approved a six-month extension in the tenure of  Justice Tariq Mahmood Bajwa as an additional judge of the Lahore High Court.

For the Peshawar High Court, the president has approved the confirmation of the following six additional judges: Justice Muhammad Tariq Afridi, Justice Abdul Fayaz, Justice Salah ud Din, Justice Sadiq Ali, Justice Syed Mudasser Ameer and Justice Qazi Jawad Ehsanullah.

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For the Peshawar High Court, the president has also approved a six-month extension in the tenure of the following additional judges: Ms. Justice Farah Jamshed, Justice Inam Ullah Khan, Justice Sabit Ullah Khan and Justice Aurangzeb.

The approvals have been made on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

President Zardari on January 17 appointed three additional judges of the Islamabad High Court on the recommendation of the JCP.

According to the notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the president in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 193 of the Constitution appointed Justice Muhammad Azam Khan, Justice Muhammad Asif and Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas as the additional judges of the IHC.