Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday ordered the government to issue the notification of Justice Shaukat Siddiqui and Justice Noorul Haq’s appointment in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Khilji Arif Hussain comprising Justice Tariq Parvez, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed announced the short judgment on a constitutional petition filed by Nadim Ahmed Advocate against the non-issuance of notification of judges’ appointment in the IHC.
The bench had reserved the verdict on December 7 after Barrister Akram Sheikh, counsel for a petitioner Advocate Ahmed in the case, completed his arguments.
The bench accepted Nadeem’s application for hearing and ordered the government to appoint Justice Shaukat Siddiqui as permanent judge while Noorul Haq as additional judge in the IHC.
The court has also ordered the government to give six months extension to Justice Haq.
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