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Summary Justice Azmat Saeed took oath as the permanent judge of the Supreme Court on Friday.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry administered the oath to Justice Azmat Saeed in Islamabad. Family members of Justice Azmat Saeed, Supreme Court judges, senior lawyers and law officers attended the oath taking ceremony. The number of judges in the Supreme Court has completed after inclusion of Justice Azmat Saeed.Justice Azmat Saeed was serving as Chief Justice of the Lahore Court before his appointment as the SC judge.Meanwhile, three new judges of Sindh High Court also took oath on Friday. Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Mushir Alam administered oath to the newly appointed judges.The new judges of Sindh High Court include, Abdul Rasool Memon, Naimatullah Phulpoto and Sadiq Hussain Bhatti.After the oath of new judges, number of judges in Sindh High Court has reached 17.Talking to media, Justice Mushir Alam said more names would be considered for the high court judges during the meeting of Judicial Commission on July 2.
