A parliamentary committee on appointment of judges Thursday accorded approval to the appointment of Justice Athar Minallah as new chief justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
The approval came as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan chaired a meeting of the committee. Pakistan People’s Party’s Farooq H Naek and Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Rana Sanaullah and Javed Abbasi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Naumar Wazir and Balochistan Awami Party’s Sarfaraz Bugti attended the meeting.
On November 1, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar had recommended Justice Minallah’s appointment as new chief justice of the IHC.
Incumbent Chief Justice of the IHC Justice Anwar Kasi is set to retire on November 27.
Published in Daily Times, November 9th 2018.
