LAHORE - Eight judges have been appointed to the Lahore High Court (LHC) by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP).
Appointments have been made without parliamentary oversight since parliamentary committees, including the Parliamentary Committee on Judicial Appointments, are yet to be formed.
JCP meeting under the chairpersonship of Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar was held on October 2, wherein the commission recommended names of Anwaarul Haq Pannu, Asim Hafeez, Risaal Syed, Shakeelur Rehman, Sadiq Mehmood Khurram, Farooq Haider, Ch Waheed Khan and Ahmad Raza for new LHC judges while the panel did not endorse Uzma Chughtai, Shakir Ali and Tafazzul Rizvi.
Normally, the names should have been vetted by the Parliamentary Committee on Judicial Appointments through in-camera hearings, the records of which would then be published.