5 SC Judges, 18 HC Judges restored.

Islamabad, 04 June, 2009 (Frontier Star) -- President Asif Ali Zardari today on the advice of the Prime Minister appointed Mr. Justice (Retd) Jawad S. Khawaja as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The President also approved the restoration of the re-appointed 5 Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and 18 Judges of the High Courts to the position they were holding immediately before 3rd November, 2007. The President also approved grant of seniority to Mr. Justice Ghulam Rabbani, Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan, w.e.f. 14th the September, 2006, on the basis of his previous service as ad-hoc Judge of Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Ghulam Rabbani will also be entitled to pensionery benefits. Spokesperson of the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar has said that all these judicial appointments and grant of seniority have been made on the recommendations of Chief Justice of Pakistan. He said that on the advice of the Prime Minister the President today also approved the appointment of Justice (Retd) Abdul Ghani Shaikh as Chairman, Federal Service Tribunal. He said that the re-appointed Judges restored to pre-3rd November, 2007, position include 5 Judges of the Supreme Court, 4 Judges of Lahore High Court, 11 Judges of High Court of Sindh and 3 Judges of the Peshawar High Court. The Supreme Court Judges include Mr. Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Mr. Justice Tasadduq Hussain Jilani, Mr. Justice Syed Jamshed Ali, Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan and Mr. Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk. The Lahore High Court Judges are Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Mr. Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Mr. Justice Sh. Azmat Saeed, Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial. The 11 Judges/Additional Judges of High Court of Sindh so restored are Mr. Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Mr. Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Mr. Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Mr. Justice Faisal Arab, Mr. Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, Mr. Justice Zafar Ahmad Khan Sherwani (Additional Judge), Mr. Justice Salman Ansari (Additional Judge), Mr. Justice Abdul Rasheed Kalwar (Additional Judge), Mr. Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmad, Mr. Justice Muhammad Athar Saeed. The 3 Peshawar High Court Judges are Mr. Justice Tariq Parvez Khan, Mr. Justice Shah Jehan Khan and Mr. Justice Dost Muhammad Khan.

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