NA Speaker constitutes 12-member special committee to appoint next CJP
Pakistan
The 12-member committee will select the CJP from the panel of three most senior judges.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Speaker National Assembly (NA) Ayaz Sadiq on Monday constituted a 12-member special parliamentary committee to appoint the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) for a three-year term.
The committee, established following the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, includes representatives from both the National Assembly and the Senate.
The committee includes Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MNA; Ahsan Iqbal, MNA; Shaista Pervaiz Malik, MNA; Raja Pervez Ashraf, MNA; Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA; Rana Ansar, MNA; Gohar Ali Khan, MNA; Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza, MNA; Senator Farooq Hameed Naik; Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar; Senator Syed Ali Zafar and Senator Kamran Murtaza.
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Shaista Pervaiz Malik and Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar belong to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) while Raja Pervez Ashraf, Syed Naveed Qamar and Senator Farooq H. Naik are from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Senator Kamran Murtaza represents Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) while Rana Ansar is a woman law maker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
Gohar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza and Senator Syed Ali Zafar are representatives of Sunni Itehad Council (SIC) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
It should be remembered that the 12-member special parliamentary committee will select the Chief Justice of Pakistan from the panel of three most senior judges.
