The meeting of the Judicial Commission for the Appointment of Judges in the Supreme Court and Sindh High Court will be held today (Friday) in Islamabad. The meeting will be chaired by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and attended by the nine members of the commission. The meeting will seek appointment of additional judges in the SHC and one permanent judge in the SC. Before the previous sitting of the judicial commission, the government had opposed the appointment of two adhoc judges while the bar councils and the government had supported the appointment of a judge on a permanent basis, so the appointment of one judge in the SC would be easily materialised. Sources said Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed would likely be appointed permanent judge of the SC while Justice Umar Atta Bandiyal would likely to acquire the position of the LHC chief justice.
