JCP rejects nominations for PHC slots
Chief justice of provincial high court to resubmit a list to commission next month
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ISLAMABAD:
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) – the constitutional body responsible for appointing judges to superior courts – has deferred the matter of appointment of judges to five vacant positions in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) till next month.
PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid had made five nominations – District and Sessions Judge Azhar Khan, District and Sessions Judge Fazal Subhan, District and Sessions Judge Shahid Khan, Sikandar Rashid Advocate and Khalid Rehman Advocate.
However, lawyers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) province had expressed serious reservations over these nominations which were weighed in a JCP meeting chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday.
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