JCP member terms non-elevation of PHC judges to apex court 'injustice'.

PESHAWAR -- The Judicial ComAmission of Pakistan (JCP) has done an injustice to judges of the Peshawar High Court by not elevating any of them to the Supreme Court over the last few years, a member of the commission from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa observed on Thursday.

Ahmad Farooq Khattak also expressed concern over the delay in appointment of the high court's new chief justice on retirement of the incumbent.

In a strongly worded letter addressed to the JCP's Chairman (the Chief Justice of Pakistan), Mr Khattak stated it was incumbent upon the JCP chairman to have given his attention to successive retirements this week of two chief justices of the PHC and to have convened a meeting of the commission to make timely appointment of a permanent chief justice.

'In circumstances and on serious reservations shown by the legal fraternity of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, I earnestly request to immediately convene a meeting of the Commission for appointment of the senior most judge as Chief Justice in accordance with the law, norms and settled principles,' the JCP member stated.

In anticipation of the retirement of the Chief Justice (Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan) and Justice Rooh-ul-Amin Khan the next day, the federal government had notified Justice Amin as acting chief justice for March 31 (today), the day he would attain superannuation, followed by another notification whereby the next senior judge, Justice Musarrat Hilali, was appointed as Chief Justice on acting charge basis with effect from April 1 (tomorrow).

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