PESHAWAR – Three additional district and sessions judges and two civiljudges were dismissed from their service today.
There were charges of corruption and misconduct against the judicialofficers.
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday has removed the judges withimmediate effect, Tribune has reported.
However, the court has accepted an application from one of the civiljudges, Johar Ijaz Ali Shah, who wanted to tender unconditional resignationinstead of being removed from office.
The disciplinary action against the judges was undertaken by theadministrative committee of the PHC after an inquiry and other proceedingswere initiated against them under the under the Khyber-PakhtunkhwaGovernment Servant (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules 2011.
Those who were removed from their service included Additional District andSession Judges Naeem Iqbal, Aurangzeb Khan and Shakeelur Rehman. Judges whowere suspended include civil judges Saima Irfan and Shah.
“Very credible evidence of delinquency and misconduct on the part of theaccused officers have been established,” said the administrative committeein its report.
“Hence, an inquiry against them has been dispensed with and show-causenotices were issued to the accused.”
The report added that it had been tentatively decided to impose a penaltyon the accused which included removal from service with effect under therules.