BS-17, 18 appointments: Outgoing LHC CJ withdraws notification

LAHORE: On his last day in office, Lahore High Court outgoing Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan Tuesday withdrew a notification regarding direct appointments in BS-17 and 18, made under discretionary powers three days ago.

A notification issued by LHC additional registrar (human resource department) said the chief justice had decided to recall direct appointments of Ammar Aziz, Hafiz Syed Fahad Iftikhar, Atif Gulzar as assistant registrar (BS-18) and Saifullah as admin officer (BS-17). The appointment were earlier made on Dec 27.

The chief justice also withdrew another notification regarding change of nomenclature of the post of Sr Protocol Officer (BS-20) as additional registrar (BS-20) and posting of Syed Sajjad Haider as such with effect from Dec 27.