ISLAMABAD – The Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Judges (PCAJ) onThursday approved the appointment of Justice Athar Minallah as the newchief justice of Islamabad High Court.
Justice Minallah replaces Justice Muhammad Anwar Kasi who is set to retireon November 27.
The approval came as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs AliMuhammad Khan chaired a meeting of the committee today.Pakistan PeoplesParty’s Farooq H Naek and Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz’s Rana Sanaullah and Javed Abbasi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’sNauman Wazir and Balochistan Awami Party’s Sarfaraz Bugti attended themeeting.
