Khushdil elected unopposed PBC Vice Chairman.

ISLAMABAD -- Khushdil Khan was elected unopposed as Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Muhammad Faheem Wali as Chairman, Executive Committee of PBC on Thursday.

The PBC meeting was held in the Supreme Court which besides electing the vice-chairman and the executive committee chairman reiterated its stance for ensuring meaningful and purposive consultation with representatives of the bar, before initiating names for appointment of judges of the superior courts.

The Council expressed concern on delay in appointment of judges in different high courts against the posts of the judges lying vacant since long. The Council was particularly dismayed on long delay in making appointment of judges in the Lahore High Court where almost 20 posts were lying vacant since very long period of time.

The Council said the present process of appointment of judges was not fair and transparent, the Parliament should look into the matter for bringing about appropriate amendments in Article 175A of the Constitution, so as to strike a balance in the roles of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan and the Parliamentary Committee for appointment of judges, which henceforth was being dominated by the judiciary.

The Pakistan Bar Council also constituted a special committee, headed by Farooq H. Naek, to formulate proposals for amendments in the constitution in that regard. The PBC demanded of the Supreme Judicial Council, to make public its previous proceedings taken on complaints/references against judges of the superior courts as well as the number of cases pending before it, with detail of such cases e.g. names of the...