PHC grants age relaxation to civil judge candidate.

PESHAWAR -- The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has granted permission to a candidate who is a few months older than the advertised age limit to sit for the written exam for the civil judge position.

On Monday, a division bench comprising Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice SM Attique Shah heard a writ petition filed by Shoaib Khan. According to his lawyer, Zia-ur-Rahman Tajik, the K-P Public Service Commission advertised 84 civil judge posts on April 3, 2023, and Shoaib Khan applied for one of them.

However, his application was initially rejected because he exceeded the age limit by 3 months and 7 days. Subsequently, the applicant requested the PHC chief justice, the court...