Pakistan

Chief Justice Bandial summons meeting of JCP on Thursday

Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial has summoned the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s meeting on Thursday (April 13) to consider the confirmation of Justice Musarrat Hilali as regular Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court.

Justice Mussarat Hilali has been performing the duties of acting Chief Justice of the PHC since April 1, 2023.

The JCP, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, a former judge, federal law minister, the Attorney General for Pakistan and a senior advocate nominated by the Pakistan Bar Council, besides one representative of the provincial and Islamabad bar councils, after confirmation, will propose her name to the Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Judges in Superior Courts.

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