JC to consider appointing 4 ad hoc judges to SC

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Judicial Commission has been called for the appointment of ad hoc judges to the Supreme Court.

The meeting of the Judicial Commission will be held on July 19. According to sources, the commission will consider four names for ad hoc judges. They said that the Chief Justice had nominated Justice (Retired) Mushir Alam, Justice (Retired) Maqbool Baqir for ad hoc judges, while the names of Justice (Retired) Mazhar Alam Miankhel and Justice (Retired) Sardar Tariq Masood are also included in the list.

Sources say that the decision of appointment of ad hoc judges was taken to reduce the pending cases in the Supreme Court. A retired judge can be appointed ad hoc judge in three years or less and four former judges of the Supreme Court have been proposed to be made ad hoc judges for three years. According to the Constitution, there must be 17 judges to appoint ad hoc judges to the Supreme Court.