President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the nomination of five judges of the Lahore High Court and three judges of Balochistan High Court. The president also gave a one-year extension to four additional judges of the Lahore High Court.
The judges of the Lahore High Court who have been confirmed are Justice Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi, Justice Abdus Sattar Asghar, Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa, Justice Ameenud Din Khan and Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti.
The tenure of Justice Ch Muhammad Younas, Justice Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, Justice Syed Muhammad Kazim Raza Shamsi and Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmed Khan has been extended for a period of one year per the advice of the prime minister.
The Judges of High Court of Balochistan who have been confirmed are Justice Abdul Qadir Mengal, Justice Naeem Akhter Afghan and Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar.
The summary received by the president from the prime minister in this regard said that after due consideration by the Judicial
Commission of Pakistan and later by the Parliamentary Committee on the appointment of judges to the superior courts, the above nominations were forwarded to the prime minister, who in turn advised the president to accord his approval to these nominations.
