ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed has again proposed the name of Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Ayesha Malik for her appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
CJP Gulzar has summoned a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on January 6 to consider Justice Ayesha for the SC judge’s post.
This is the second time the CJP has proposed the judge’s name for the SC job. In September this year, the JCP had met to consider her nomination but consensus could not be evolved among members.
Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan and Law Minister Dr Farogh Naseem had supported her nomination.
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However, Justice Maqbool Baqar, Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice (retd) Dost Muhammad Khan and Pakistan Bar Council representative in the JCP Akhtar Hussain had opposed it. Another JCP member Justice Qazi Faez Isa had not attended the said meeting.
Justice (retd) Dost Muhammad Khan, a JCP member who opposed the nomination, has been retired from the JCP after his two-year tenure ended earlier this year. Justice (retd) Sarmad Jalal Osmani is now a JCP member in his stead and it is learnt that Osmani may support Justice Ayesha’s nomination as a SC judge.
