NA speaker seeks names for judicial commission
Pakistan
Four MPs from NA and Senate would be the members of the judicial commission
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Monday sought names from both the government and opposition for judicial commission.
NA speaker sought two names each from both the treasury and opposition benches.
It merits mention here that four MPs from National Assembly and Senate would be the members of the judicial commission.
Earlier, the parliamentary party of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf decided to become part of the judicial commission.
“It is unanimously decided that members of PTI from both houses would be nominated to join the JCP,” said the statement issued by the PTI.
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In the special meeting of political committee, a detailed briefing was given about the letter of the NA speaker to nominate two member from opposition for JCP, say sources.
The JCP would nominate the judges for high courts (HCs), Supreme Court (SC) and Federal Sharia Court. Commission would keep an eye on the working of judges and submit the annual reports of the performance.
The 13-member JCP would also be responsible to form the benches in the SC and HCs and a simple majority of commission members would be needed to make decisions in the JCP.
