Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ruled that the president has “nominal” role in the appointment of senior judges.
A five-judge larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Khilji Arif Hussain reserved the verdict over the reference, which included 13 questions for the court, on December 14.
In the verdict, the bench said that the Constitution had given the role to judicial commission to appoint senior judges.
The president had held notifications on the appointments of IHC judges, as recommended by a Judicial Commission meeting, on the grounds that Justice Anwar Khan Kasi, a member of the meeting, was not as senior as the justice he was replacing on the JC.
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