LAHORE, June 2 (TNS): The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP)
Saturday recommended the elevation of Peshawar High Court (PHC)
Chief Justice Yahya Afridi to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The meeting of the Judicial Commission for the appointment of judges
was held here at the Supreme Court Lahore Registry, presided over by
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar being the chairman of the commission.
Whereas Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Gulzar Ahmad, Justice
Sh. Azmat Saeed, Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf, Pakistan Bar Council representative Yousuf Laghari, KPK Bar Council representative Shah
Jehan Khan Swati and others also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the commission recommended elevation of
Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Yahya Afridi to the Supreme Court of
Pakistan. Similarly, the commission also recommended Justice Waqar
Ahmad Seth as the new Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court.
The Judicial Commission was constituted under the 18th
Constitutional Amendment. The recommendations made by the
Commission now would be sent to the committee on Judges
Appointment for consideration.
