New judges of Pakistan's SC, high courts sworn in
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry administered oath to SC judges Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery in Islamabad, the private TV GEO News reported.
Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court Justice Qaiz Faiz Essa in a ceremony administered oath to four judges in Quetta, the capital city of southwest Pakistan's province.
Meanwhile, in Peshawar High Court seven judges took oath administered by the Chief Justice Tariq Pervez in the capital city of North West Frontier Province.
Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday approved appointment of the two new judges in the SC and 11 judges in the Peshawar and Balochistan High Courts.
Spokesman to the president Farhatullah Babar said that Zardari approved the appointments on the advice of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
Zardari issued a notification on Aug. 2 to halt 76 judges appointed by former President Pervez Musharraf from functioning.
The order came after Pakistan's Supreme Court declared on July 31 the emergency rule imposed by Musharraf in 2007 as unconstitutional. All the sacked judges had been appointed during the emergency. link...
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