Parliamentary committee approves appointment of Justice Athar Minallah as IHC chief justice
SJC had recommended Justice Athar Minallah's appointment as the new Chief Justice of the IHC.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Judges (PCAJ) has approved appointment of Athar Minallah as new chief justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday.
The approval came in the meeting of Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of Judges chaired by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan. Pakistan People’s Party’s Farooq H Naek and Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Rana Sanaullah and Javed Abbasi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Nauman Wazir and Balochistan Awami Party’s Sarfaraz Bugti were the other members of the committee who attending the meeting.
The appointment of Justice Athar Minallah came a week after the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar recommended his appointment as the new Chief Justice of the IHC.
