=> ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday issued a noti
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday issued a notification of retirement of 24 High Court judges who did not take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).
According to the notification issued by the Ministry of Law, the judges who stand retired include 12 judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC), 10 of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and two judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC).
The retired Sindh High Court judges are Justice Ahmed Hussain Jaffery, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Maqbool Baqar, Justice Muhammad Athar Saeed, Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, Justice Zafar Khan Sherwani, Justice Salman Ansari, Justice Abdul Rasheed Kalhwar, and Justice Arshad Siraj.
The Lahore High Court judges who have been retired are Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif, Justice Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Khosa, Justice Muhammad Tahir Ali, Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Justice M A Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Muhammad Jahangir Arshad, Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman, Justice Muhammad Ata Bandial and Justice Shaikh Azmat Saeed.
Two judges of the Peshawar High Court Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Dost Muhammad were also included in the list of retired judges. Online adds: More than 60 judges including Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Sabih Uddin Ahmed and Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice Tariq Pervez refused to take oath under the PCO following its promulgation and imposition of emergency rule in the country on November 03.
According to Attorney General Malik Qayyum, the services of these judges were terminated the moment they refused to take fresh oath under the PCO while the notification issued by the law ministry on Tuesday was aimed to complete the official proceedings.
Sources told the Online that the president was not ready to accept the demand of different circles with regard to the reinstatement of the deposed judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts. After lifting emergency and the end of the PCO on December 16, the deposed judges will not be reinstated because their services have been terminated.
Source: The News
Date:12/5/2007
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