Islamabad:
On Thursday, the Pakistan Judicial Commission (JCP) approved nine appointments for the machine with additional judges of the High Court of Lahore, but none of the nominees could obtain enough votes for the coveted niche.
Out of 49, seven were the nominees for the appointment of additional LHC judges. However, the committee influenced by the executive did not support the appointments of women.
Interestingly, there is only one LHC judge on 35 judges at the moment.
The main political parties – the PMLN and the PPP – as well as the leaders of the independent group managed to appoint judges of their choice before all the high lessons after the 26th amendment.
The executive managed the chief judges of the high courts by being not part of the resolutions of the provincial assemblies for the constitution of the constitutional benches.
Regarding the non-approval of any woman for the LHC judge, Atra Ikram Advocate says that she is in accordance with other “rather unhappy judicial decisions of our time”.
“The lack of fair representation of women in public spheres, in particular the judiciary, continues to undermine our potential. The appointment of judges is not a problem limited to the representation of women in law, but a symbol of inadequate protection and improvement of the rights of women through the countries such as divorce, custody and inheritance rights To name only a few, “she adds.
The founder of Pakistan of women in women’s law, Nida Usman CHAPHARY, says that, as this JCP is in any case questionable: “My only consolation here is that they did a favor by not appointing any woman and by saving them the Stigmatization of becoming judges under a system whose constitutionality is serious and spared question. “
Nida says the fact that all people named are the defender of the Supreme Court (ASC) shows how this can be another of these invisible obstacles hampering the entry of women into a higher judicial system. Since only 4 percent ASC are women, this seriously reduces the pool of potential candidates if this is indeed a requirement.
“This also shows that JCP Rules 2024 failed to guarantee the diversity of judicial appointments by addressing measures and criteria centered on men who are likely to fail marginalized groups most of the time”, Explain Nida Usman Chaudhry.
Since the adoption of the 18th constitutional amendment in 2010, there is no judge of a minority community in the higher judiciary including the Supreme Court and five high lessons.
Meanwhile, the JCP, led by the chief judge of Pakistan Yahya Afridi, approved nine appointments for the appointment as an additional judges before the High Court of Lahore with majority votes. They understand Hassan Nawaz Makhdomo, Malik Waqar Haider Awan, Sardar Akbar Ali, Syed Ahsan Raza Kazmi, Malik Javid Iqbal Wains, Muhammad Jawad Zafar, Khalid Ishaq, Malik Muhammadawais Khalid and Ch Sultan Mahmood.
The Commission unanimously decided that candidates who have failed to guarantee the required majority could be recommended for future vacant positions.
The president also appreciated the services rendered by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) staff for helping the members to use the web portal for the Reunion procedure.
