JCP meets Aug 2 to decide PHC CJ

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial has summoned a meeting of Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on August 2 to deliberate over the vacant post of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice.

The seat has been lying vacant since the elevation of PHC CJ Chief Justice Musarrat Hilali to the Supreme Court.

After the elevation of  Justice Musarrat Hilali , the  senior puisne judge Justice Ibrahim has been discharging duties as the acting chief justice.

The meeting will consider appointment of Acting Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan as CJ of PHC.

Headed by the CJP, the JCP comprises four senior-most SC judges, a former chief justice or SC judge, law minister, attorney general (AG), and a senior SC advocate nominated by the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC).

In July, Justice Hilali became only the second female judge to be appointed at the apex court after Justice Ayesha Malik.

The name selected by JCP would be sent  to the Parliamentary Committee on the Appointment of Judges for final approval.