Six newly appointed Supreme Court (SC) judges are expected to take their oaths of office tomorrow.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi will preside over the oath-taking ceremony at the Supreme Court building. The event will be attended by current Supreme Court judges, the attorney general, bar association officials, and lawyers.
Sources confirmed that the notification for the judges' appointments will be issued soon.
On Monday, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), led by CJP Yahya Afridi, approved the appointments of Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Aamer Farooq, Chief Justice Sindh High Court Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar, and Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Ishtiaq Ibrahim to the Supreme Court.
Justice Salahuddin Panhwar from the Sindh High Court was also elevated to the Supreme Court.
The JCP further nominated Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of the Islamabad High Court as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court by a majority vote.
Previously, four Supreme Court judges wrote to CJP Yahya Afridi, urging him to delay the new appointments until the ruling on the 26th Amendment case is issued.
