–Recommendation were made by Judicial Commission of Pakistan
The Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment has confirmed the nomination of Advocate Supreme Court Arshad Ali, Advocate Supreme Court Nasir Mehfooz and Advocate Supreme Court Shakeel Ahmad for appointment as additional judges of the Peshawar High Court for a period of one year in a meeting on Wednesday.
The names were forwarded to the committee by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan that is fully empowered under Article 175 (A) of the Constitution, which deals with the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court, high courts and the Federal Shariat Court.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Judicial Commission of Pakistan comprises of the chief justice of Pakistan, four most senior judges of the Supreme Court as members, a former chief justice or former judge of the Supreme Court for a term of two years as member, federal minister for Law and Justice as member, attorney general as member and a senior advocate of the Supreme Court nominated by the Pakistan Bar Council for a term of two years.
The meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment in the Superior Courts was chaired by Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi and attended by Senator Raja Zafarul Haq, Senator Farooq H Naik, Senator Ilyas Bilour, MNA Mahmood Bashir Virk and MNA Muhammad Arshad Khan Leghari.
