- CJP Yahya Afridi chairs two consecutive JCP meetings.
- Extended term of constitutional benches SHC.
- The Commission examines the performance of high court judges.
The Pakistan Judicial Commission (JCP) has extended the mandate of the Constitutional Banc of the Supreme Court until November 30, 2025, according to a press release published by the Superior Court.
The decision was made at a JCP meeting held at the Supreme Court building in Islamabad. The session was chaired by the chief judge of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi.
According to the press release, the JCP held two separate meetings on Thursday to examine the questions related to the constitutional benches of the Supreme Court and the High Court of the Sindh, as well as judicial performance assessments.
During the first meeting, the JCP approved the extension of the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court until November 30, 2025. The Commission also deliberated on a political decision under article 175A (20) of the Constitution concerning the annual assessment of the yield of the high court.
“Within the framework of this initiative, the president of the JCP constituted a wide committee including representatives of the judiciary, the parliament, the executive and the legal community to draft rules for the evaluations of the judicial return,” the press release said.
During the second meeting, the first judicial body, mostly, extended the term of the constitutional benches of the High Court of the Sindh (SHC) for six months, from July 23, 2025.
As part of the changes, two new judges – judge Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry and judge Jaffar Raza – were appointed to replace Judge Agha Faisal and judge Sana Akram Minhas.
In a separate evolution, the Supreme Court rejected Thursday the pleadings filed against the transfer of judges of three high lessons to the High Court of Islamabad and qualified them as constitution while judging that judge Sarfraz Dogar can continue to work as an acting chief of the IHC.
The Verdict was annouded by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, who was Heading the Five-Member Constitutional Bench Hearing Petitions Filed by Five Ihc Judges, the Karachi Bar Association (KBA), The IHC Bar Association, and Others Against the Transfer of Justice Sarfraz Dogar from the Lahore High Court, justice Khadim Hussain From the Sindh High Court, and Justice Muhammad Asif from the Haute Court du Baloutchistan. The three judges were among those transferred to the IHC.
The bench also includes Judge Naeem Akhtar Afghan, judge Shahid Bilal Hassan, judge Salahuddin Panhwar and judge Shakeel Ahmed.
