ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is meeting today (Tuesday) for appointment of permanent chief justices to the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Balochistan High Court (BHC) and Sindh High Court (SHC).
The meeting would be chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi being the JCP chairman and attended by all members.
At present Justice Sarfaraz Dogar is performing his duties as acting chief justice at the IHC, Justice Rozi Khan Barrech at the BHC and Justice Junaid Ghaffar at the SHC.
Meanwhile, Justice Kamran Khan Mulakhail, senior puisne judge of the BHC, raised objection over the repeated nomination of Justice (retd) Nazir Ahmed Lango to the JCP.
In a letter addressed to the JCP secretary, Justice Mulakhail stated that Justice (retd) Lango was nominated as a member of JCP for the appointment of Justice (retd) Ejaz Ahmad Swati as BHC chief justice.
Citing constitutional provision, he said that further nomination in absence of the BHC chief justice requires to be made afresh, requesting the JCP to nominate a new representative for the purpose.
