President Asif Zardari on Wednesday approved the appointment of six additional judges of the Lahore High Court for one year.
On the advice of the prime minister the president approved the appointment of Shoaib Saeed, Atir Mahmood, Shahid Bilal Hassan, Aalia Neelum, Shezada Mazhar and Abid Aziz Sheikh.
President’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the nominations were forwarded by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan to the Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment in the Superior Courts which were subsequently forwarded to the PM under Clause 13 of Article 175A of the constitution.
The PM advised the president to accord his approval to these appointments.
Acting upon the advice of the PM, the president has agreed to the appointment of the six judges.