CJP Umar Ata Bandial calls JCP meeting on June 10 for appointment of BHC judges

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial will preside over the meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on June 10 to consider five names for the additional judges of the Balochistan High Court (BHC).

Five names including Gul Hassan Tareen, Iqbal Kasi, Shaukat Rakhshani, Sardar Haleemi and Amir Rana for the appointment of high court additional judges have been recommended by BHC Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan.

It is pertinent to mention here that Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial has been named among the top 100 most influential people of 2022, the list released by Times Magazine showed.

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Aitzaz Ahsan, while penning down the profile of CJP Bandial for the list, noted that he is “widely respected for his integrity”. The seasoned lawyer described CJP Bandial as a “polite and understated” judge.

Ahsan, an attorney and former leader of the house in the Senate, wrote: “The Columbia- and Cambridge-educated jurist bears the heavy mantle of not just delivering justice but also being seen to do so.”

“In early April, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, led by Bandial, overturned former prime minister Imran Khan’s move to dissolve Parliament, declaring it ‘unconstitutional’.”

The writer noted that CJP Bandial entered the scene when another crisis was impending with the world markets already wreaking havoc on the national economy and civil-military relations again under strain.