ISLAMABAD – Four Supreme Court judges will be retiring this year after attaining the age of superannuation. These judges are Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, on May 31, 2011, Justice Javed Iqbal, retiring on July 31, Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui on October 13 and Muhammad Sair Ali on December 11.
Besides these judges, two ad-hoc judges Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday and Justice Ghulam Rabbani will also retire on February 18 and October 19, respectively. Three of these judges – Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday – belong to Punjab, Justice Javed Iqbal and Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed belong to Balochistan, while Justice Ghulam Rabbani belongs to Sindh.
Presently, Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and 16 other judges, including Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassadduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasirul Mulk, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain Bukhari, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Tariq Parvez Khan, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday are performing duty in the apex court.
Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain Bukhari is facing contempt of court charges for taking oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO).
