Parliamentary body confirms seven LHC, SHC judges

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Judicial Appointments on Monday approved the Judicial Commission’s recommendations for the confirmation of four judges of the Lahore High Court and three judges of the Sindh High Court as regular judges, and one-year extension to a Sindh High Court judge.

The Parliamentary Committee met here on Monday with Syed Nayyer Hussain Bukhari in the chair at the Parliament House. The Lahore High Court judges who were confirmed as a Mamoon Rasheed, Justice Yawar Ali, Justice Farrukh Irfan and Justice Mazhar Ali Naqvi.

The judges of Sindh High Court who got confirmation include Justice Muhammad Tasneem, Justice Hussain Azhar Rizvi and Justice Dr Muhammd Mazhar Ali while one-year extension was given to Justice Nisar Sheikh.

Talking to newsmen after the meeting, Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Judicial Appointment Syed Nayyer Hussain Bukhari said that the decision of the confirmation of four judges was made with consensus. He said the recommendations of the committee would be sent to the prime minister for the final approval and subsequently for issuing the notification by the President.

Parliamentary panel can�t summon Mansoor Ijaz: Akram Shaikh

ISLAMABAD: Memogate scandal’s protagonist, Mansoor Ijaz’s counsel Akram Shaikh Saturday said that parliamentary committee was not authorized to summon his client, Geo News reported.

This was how he pled, while giving the committee a reason for his client’s opting against producing himself before the parliamentary panel.

Talking to Geo News, he said that the committee’s powers were no different from a civil court, which could not send a subpoena to a foreigner binding him to appear before the court as a witness when he was not willing to summit to the order.

Having said that, he also told Geo News that, according to Supreme Court order, the commission --formed to probe the ‘memogate’ scandal-- and the parliamentary body could exchange any piece of record if they wanted to.