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Judicial Commission has approved rules and regulations draft for judges appointment. According to the draft, Chief Justice will recommend the name for the appointment of judges. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that he hopes the Parliament will review the problems and concerns of judiciary about new system of judges appointment. According to the rules, the commission will have authority to get information and record about any person or department. It is decided that only Chief Justice being its chairman can call the meeting of the commission. Addressing the first meeting of the judicial commission in the Supreme Court, the CJP said that new system of judges appointment is pending in SC as well as in Parliament. He said that this responsibility of judges appointment would be fulfilled keeping in view all the norms of justice and collective conscience. He said that 17-member heard the 18th Amendment case for four months and announced the decision on the basis of collective wisdom. The CJP said that it was the first time a number of judges were gathered under one roof. And the nation has pinned high hopes with us that how we will fulfill our responsibility, he added. He said that judges are here due to 18th Amendment and SC verdict, and we will try our best to introduce better judicial system. Chief justices of all high courts and federal shariah court, federal law minister and attorney general attended the meeting of judicial commission while Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan could not attend the meeting.
