The Judicial Commission of Pakistan is yet to convene its meeting for making nominations for two constitutional offices of Judges of the Supreme Court which are lying vacant after the retirement of justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and justice Javed Iqbal.
During previous two meetings, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, which is functional after the passage of 18th Constitutional Amendment, has made recommendations for confirmation of services of Additional Judges of the Peshawar and Lahore High Courts.
It is expected to take up the elevation issue of probable Chief Justices among the five High Courts as Judges of the apex Court to complete the constitutional strength.
The Commission then will send its recommendation to the Parliamentary Committee for further consideration.
The required constitutional strength has to be filled as the apex court is all set to take up important constitutional issues pending before it.
Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed had retired on June 1, 2011, Justice Javed Iqbal on August 1, 2011 while Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui would be retiring on October 13, 2011, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali on December 11, 2011, and Ad-hoc judge Justice Ghulam Rabbani on October 20, 2011.
Two of them Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui belong to Punjab while former Justice Javed Iqbal and former Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed from Balochistan whereas Justice Ghulam Rabbani is from Sindh.
Currently Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (Balochistan), Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan (KPK), Justice Tassadduq Hussain Jillani (Punjab), Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk (KPK), Justice Muhammad Sair Ali (Punjab), Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui (Punjab), Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja (Punjab), Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali (Sindh), Justice Khilji Arif Hussain (Sindh), Justice Tariq Parvez Khan (KPK), Justice Mian Saqib Nisar (Punjab), Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa (Punjab), Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany (Sindh), Justice Amir Hani Muslim (Sindh) and Ad-hoc judge Justice Ghulam Rabbani (Sindh) are functioning in the apex court according to official record of the Supreme Court.
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