Supreme Court’s ad hoc judges sworn in

ISLAMABAD: Justice (Retd) Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice (Retd) Mazhar Alam Miankhel, were sworn in as ad-hoc judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday.

The ceremony was held at the Supreme Court where Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath. Other attendees included Supreme Court Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan, law officers, lawyers, and court staff.

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Justice (Retd) Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice (Retd) Mazhar Alam Miankhel have been appointed for a period of one year. The Ministry of Law and Justice had issued a notification for the appointment of two ad-hoc judges to the Supreme Court on July 27.

A day before, on on July 26, President Asif Ali Zardari had approved the appointments. Earlier, on July 19, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) had approved the appointment of Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel as ad-hoc judges.

The Chief Justice had proposed names of four retired judges for the ad-hoc positions; Justice (Retd) Mushir Alam, Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqir, Justice (Retd) Mazhar Alam Miankhel, and Justice (Retd) Tariq Masood.

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Justice Baqir and Justice Mushir Alam declined the offer, citing personal commitments and the ongoing social media campaign against ad-hoc judges, respectively. – INP