ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the confirmation and extension of tenure of additional judges in the Sindh, Lahore and Peshawar High Courts, in accordance with the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan and on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
For the Sindh High Court, the president confirmed 10 additional judges: Justices Miran Muhammad Shah, Tasneem Sultana, Riazat Ali Sahar, Muhammad Hasan, Abdul Hamid Bhurgi, Jan Ali Junejo, Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro, Ali Haider ‘Ada’, Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi and Muhammad Jaffer Raza.
Additionally, six-month extensions were granted to Justices Khalid Hussain Shahani and Syed Faiz ul Hassan Shah.
In the Lahore High Court, 11 additional judges were confirmed, including Justices Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom, Malik Waqar Haider Awan, Sardar Akbar Ali, Syed Ahsan Raza Kazmi, Malik Javed Iqbal Wains, Muhammad Jawad Zafar, Khalid Ishaq, Malik Muhammad Awais Khalid, Ch. Sultan Mahmood, Tanveer Ahmad Sheikh and Abher Gul Khan.
Justice Tariq Mahmood Bajwa was also given a six-month extension as an additional judge of the LHC.
For the Peshawar High Court, the confirmation of six additional judges was approved: Justices Muhammad Tariq Afridi, Abdul Fayaz, Salah ud Din, Sadiq Ali, Syed Mudasser Ameer and Qazi Jawad Ehsanullah.
Meanwhile, six-month extensions were granted to Justices Farah Jamshed, Inam Ullah Khan, Sabit Ullah Khan and Aurangzeb.
The approvals mark a major round of judicial confirmations and extensions across the country’s three high courts.
