The registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has sent three names to the Special Parliamentary Committee for the appointment of the new Chief Justice.
According to sources, the names of three senior judges have been sent to the parliamentary committee, among whom the most senior is Justice Mansoor, followed by Justice Muneeb and Justice Yahya Afridi.
A one-page brief report was sent by the Supreme Court in which the judges’ brief profile, date of birth, education, advocacy details, when did they become judges? When became the Chief Justice of the high courts, including the date of appointment to the Supreme Court was mentioned.
Meanwhile, the meeting of the special parliamentary committee for the appointment of the Chief Justice of Pakistan has been called today (Tuesday) at 4 pm.
Earlier, after the passage of 26th constitutional amendment, a notification was issued for the formation of a parliamentary committee for the appointment of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
After receiving the names of all 12 members for the special parliamentary committee in the Speaker’s Office, the notification for the formation of the committee was issued.
Four nominated members of the committee from the Senate include Kamran Murtaza of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), Farooq H. Naik of People’s Party, Azam Nazeer Tarar of PML-N and Barrister Ali Zafar of PTI.
Similarly, the eight members of the National Assembly for the committee include Khawaja Asif, Ahsan Iqbal and Shaista Parvez of PML-N. Raja Pervez Ashraf and Naveed Qamar of Pakistan Peoples Party while Barrister Gohar and Sahibzada Hamid Raza from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Rana Ansar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan are also part of the special parliamentary party.
