A meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan to consider names of Hon’ble Judges of various High Courts proposed by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan for the nomination by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) to be appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, was held in the Committee Room of the Supreme Court of Pakistan at 3:00 p.m. today i.e. 28.07.2022. The meeting was attended by seven Members of the JCP in-person while Mr. Justice Qazi Faez Isa and the Attorney General for Pakistan attended via Zoom. The names of all five Hon’ble Judges proposed by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan were considered by the JCP. After detailed discussion, it was proposed by the Chairman JCP to defer the meeting in order to enable the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan to place additional information and data about those already proposed and if he considers appropriate, add more names to the list of proposees for consideration by the JCP. The proposal to defer the meeting was supported by Mr. Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, Mr. Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, Mr. Justice (Retd) Sarmad Jalal Osmany and the Attorney General for Pakistan. It was accordingly decided to defer the meeting. The date of the next meeting will be communicated to the Members of the Judicial Commission by the Chairman, JCP.

Press Release 12/2022

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