Additional Justice Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan not confirmed; Term of Additional Judge Tariq Mahmood Bajwa extended by 6 months
Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi chairs a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan at the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Thursday, January 15, 2026. Photo: Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Thursday recommended permanent appointment of 11 additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC).
A press release issued by the Supreme Court said the JCP meeting was chaired by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, following which a statement was issued describing the decisions taken by the body.
It said the JCP recommended confirmation of Additional Justice Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom, Justice Malik Waqar Haider Awan, Justice Sardar Akbar Ali, Justice Syed Ahsan Raza, Justice Malik Javid Iqbal Wains, Justice Muhammad Jawad Zafar, Justice Khalid Ishaq, Justice Malik Muhammad Awais Khalid, Justice Chaudhry Sultan Mahmood, Justice Tanveer Ahmed Sheikh and Justice Abher Gul Khan as judges permanent members of the LHC.
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The statement further said that Additional Justice Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan was not confirmed, while the tenure of Additional Justice Tariq Mahmood Bajwa was extended by six months.
The JCP actively confirmed justices, reconstituted constitutional seats, and granted extensions earlier this year. The commission on Wednesday confirmed six additional judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) as permanent judges and also recommended a six-month extension for several additional judges.
Among the judges confirmed as permanent judges of the PHC are Justices Muhammad Tariq Afridi, Abdul Fayaz, Salahuddin, Sadiq Ali, Syed Mudassar Ameer and Qazi Jawad Ehsanullah.
The commission also granted six-month extension to four additional PHC judges – Justices Farah Jamshed, Inamullah Khan, Sabitullah Khan and Aurangzeb – according to the announcement issued after the meeting.
On Tuesday, the JCP recommended the confirmation of 10 additional judges of the Sindh High Court from a total list of 12, while also approving six-month extensions for two additional judges.
