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The names of four governments nominees for the eight-member judicial commission have been finalized, Dunya News reported on Tuesday. All the four members belong to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and no member has been nominated from the coalition parties. According to the presidential spokesman the names have been finalized after the recommendations sent to the President by the Prime Minister. The four nominees include Senator Nayyer Bukhari from Punjab, Sabir Baloch from Baluchistan, Aftab Shaiban Mirani from Sindh and Asma Arbab Alamgir from KhyberPakhtunkhwa. The spokesman also said that the nominated members belong to all the four provinces of the country while women representation has also been ensured. Responding to the nominations, spokesman of ANP Senator Zahid Khan said that the advisors of the government are misguiding the government. He further said that even if ANP did not ask for representation in the commission but still they could have been consulted before the nominations. Talking on the issue JUI (f)s Chief Maulana Fazal-ul-Rehman said that the government is taking unpopular decisions and that the nominations for the judicial commission could not be trusted. On the other hand leader of MQM Senator Babar Khan Ghouri said that the government has made a one-party commission instead of a parliamentary commission.
