The Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Mushir Alam has announced the names of judges for the three election tribunals in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur.
According to the announcement, Zafar Khan Sherwani, Ashfaq Baloch and Zaheer Leghari have been recommended by the SHC for the election tribunals in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur respectively.
The CJ had proposed that three more tribunals should also be set-up by keeping in view the number of cases. The election tribunals set-up in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur were dissolved on Monday after the SHC Chief Justice expressed concerns over their constitution.
The CJ had conveyed his reservations in this regard to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) through a letter. The SHC registrar had also sent a note to CJ Mushir in which he expressed reservations about the formation of the election tribunals.
He said that a notification for the tribunals was issued without consulting the provincial high court. It was contended that the Supreme Court (SC) had clearly ordered that a judicial forum could only be formed in consultation with the SHC.
The SHC registrar also wrote to the ECP to withdraw the heads of the notified tribunals, asking it to appoint a tribunal head as per the decision of the SC.
Earlier on Monday, the ECP wrote a letter to the SHC registrar submitting that it had dissolved the three election tribunals in the province and asked it to suggest names of heads for the new tribunals.
