ISLAMABAD: The names of judges nominated by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) for appointment to the Supreme Court were approved by the Parliamentary Committee on the Appointment of Judges on Friday.
The development resulted from a legislative committee meeting that was convened in Islamabad today to decide on the appointment of judges to the highest court.
All of the JCP’s suggested names were accepted by the committee, including Justice Shahid Bilal of the LHC, Chief Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan of the Lahore High Court, and Chief Justice Aqeel Ahmad Abbasi of the Sindh High Court.
Three high court judges’ names were submitted by the JCP last week so that the Parliamentary Committee could provide its final clearance before they could be elevated to the Supreme Court.
According to the sources, the names that were suggested for appointment to open SC seats were brought up at a Judicial Commission meeting that Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa chaired.
The JCP conference was called by CJP Isa last month to discuss the nomination of three judges to the SC.
The 18th Amendment’s provision for the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary led to the creation of the JCP.
It was assigned the responsibility of reviewing the nominations of nine judges, including the chief justices of the LHC and SHC, for the three open positions in the Supreme Court.
