Ministry of Law prepares summary of appointment of 7 new judges

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law has prepared a summary of the appointment of seven new judges in the Supreme Court.

According to sources, the Ministry of Law will send the summary of the appointment of the judges to the government for final approval and Law Ministry will issue notification after approval from President of Pakistan.

Sources said that the summary of the appointment of new judges in the Supreme Court will be sent to the President today.

On the other hand, three rooms have been set up for the courts on the appointment of new judges in the Supreme Court. All arrangements for hearing of the cases have been finalized in the new courts.

Earlier,  Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has approved  the appointment of six judges in the apex court.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers and two Supreme Court judges boycotted the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s meeting for the appointment of new judges to the supreme court.

A Judicial Commission meeting chaired by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi was held.  The meeting demanded the postponement of the meeting till the decision on the 26th Constitutional Amendment, but voting on this objection, the majority decided that the meeting would be continued.

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