Islamabad: Since Pakistan Tehreek -e -Insaf (PTI) lawmakers witnessed the boycott of the National Assembly proceedings on Monday, PTI Senator and senior lawyer Hameed Khan said that the lawyer community was supreme by the judicial commission to the nominations of six judges. The court will challenge the nominations of six judges. Pakistan (JCP) in Apex Court, pledging to continue the “protest movement”.
He said there was no justification for the appointment as two senior judges and the opposition’s legislators went out of the meeting… [newly-nominated SC judges] The senior lawyer said while addressing a TV talk show.
Following his remarks, the Judicial Commission presented six High Court judges nominated for the Supreme Court for height. The Chief Justice of all the High Courts, except the Lahore High Court (LHC), was among the six judges.
They included Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar, Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, Justice Salahuddin Panwar, Justice Ashtiaq Ibrahim, Justice Shakeel Ahmed and Justice Aamir Farooq.
The Commission also nominated Justice Miangol Hassan Aurangzeb of IHC as an acting judge of the Supreme Court through the majority of its total membership.
The JCP meeting came between the Islamabad High Court (IHC) transferring the recent judges, between four high court judges and opposition to the former ruling party.
Addressing the TV talk show, Hamid said that there was no consensus throughout the appointment process, and called them a “unilateral choice”.
“Immediately, this may not be possible, but our struggle will be long. We will stand against today’s appointment because there was only one vacation … how can you fill seven or eight [vacancies]”He said.
Responding to a question, he stated that the next step of lawyers against the appointments of SC judges would have been taken.
Responding to another question, the PTI Senator said that the matter should be heard not by a constitutional bench but by a complete court as his 26th constitutional amendment is like.
“The matter is related to the appointment of SC judges … it is not associated with the establishment of a constitutional court.”
In addition, he said, those who misuse their powers and deny the rule of law do not last long. “Our struggle can be up to six months or a year, the situation in the Supreme Court and other high courts is not viable.”
When asked if the entire court would also consist of newly appointed judges, Hamid replied that he could not be part of the bench as his “appointment would be controversial”.
He said, “They cannot be a judge in their cause. Similarly, the matter cannot be heard through a constitutional bench.
