Committee approves appointment of 8 judges

Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment has approved the names of eight judges proposed by the Judicial Council with the exception of Athar Saeed.
The meeting of the parliamentary committee on judges appointment was held under Chairman Nayar Hussain Bukhari at Islamabad on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Senator Ishaq Dar, Khawaja Asif, Ch Shujaat Hussain and others.
The meeting reviewed the reports sent by the Judicial Council with the regards to judges appointments. The committee reviewed the names of four judges for appointment in Supreme Court. The committee approved the names of three judges that included Justice Ejaz Chaudhry, Justice Ejaz Fazal and Justice Saeed Gulzhar respectively while the committee objected to the appointment of Athar Saeed.
The committee approved the names of Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed for Chief Justice Lahore High Court while Justice Dost Muhammad name was approved for Chief Justice Peshawar High Court while the committee also approved three names for three additional judges for the Islamabad High Court which include Shaukat Sidddiqui, Azim Afridi and Noor ul Haq.
Later talking to media Chairman Nayyer Hussain Bukhari said that the committee is performing its function amicably by keeping within its ambit. He said that it is not the job of the committee to appoint judges on seniority basis and we just make recommendations.
The committee also approved regularization of two additional judges of Islamabad High Court