To consider the appointment of ten more judges to the Lahore High Court (LHC), the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is scheduled to meet today, Thursday.
The meeting, which will start at 2:00 pm in the Supreme Court Committee Room, will be chaired by Justice Yahya Afridi, the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
According to sources, the Judicial Commission has received nominations for ten posts, including 45 senior attorneys and four session judges.
Abhar Gul Khan, Jazila Aslam, Muhammad Akmal Khan, and Qaiser Nazir Butt are the four session judges that will be considered for the position.
The names of Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom, Huma Ijaz Zaman, Khalid Ishaq, Malik Javed Iqbal Wain, Malik Mohammad Owais, Malik Waqaar Haider Awan, Mian Bilal Bashir, Maghees Aslam, Muhammad Aurangzeb Khan, Muhammad Javed Zafar, and Muhammad Naveed Farhan will also be reviewed during the meeting.
The names of Nawazish Ali Peerzada, Sajid Khan Tanoli, Saqib Jilani, Muhammad Zubair Khalid, Manwarul Salam, Muqtadar Akhtar Shabbir, Mushtaq Ahmed, Najaf Muzammil Khan, Naveed Ahmed Khawaja, Qadir Bakhsh, Qasim Ali Chohan, Rafi Zeeshan, Javed Altaf, Rana Shamshad Khan, Rizwan Akhtar Awan, and Sabahat Rizvi will also be taken into consideration by the Judicial Commission.
Additionally, the names of Salman Ahmed, Samia Khalid, Sardar Akbar Ali, Shaigan Ijaz, Syed Ahsan Raza Kazmi, and Intikhab Hussain Shah will be reviewed at the meeting.
