ISLAMABAD: Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri and Justice Babar Sattar, newly-appointed additional judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday took oath of their office in a ceremony held at the IHC building.
Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah administered the oath in a simple and graceful ceremony held in the IHC building.
It was attended by the IHC judges, the Attorney General for Pakistan, judicial officers of the district judiciary, bar representatives, lawyers, distinguished guests, and family members of the judges.
With these appointments, the total strength of the IHC judges has risen to nine.
Recently, the Parliament has increased the sanctioned strength of the IHC from seven to 10.
Sajid Baloch, registrar of the IHC welcomed the guests on behalf of the IHC chief justice.
After taking oath the additional judges held the Courts.
The Parliamentary Committee on Judges’ Appointment on December 21st had approved the appointment of Sattar and Jahangiri as judges of the IHC, after they appeared before the eight-member committee, comprising senators Farooq H Naek of PPP, Javed Abbasi of PML-N, Azam Swati of PTI, Sarfraz Bugti of BAP, and National Assembly members Raja Pervez Ashraf of PPP, Rana Sanaullah of PML-N, and Ali Mohammad Khan and Mohammad Asim Nazeer of the PTI.
Jahangiri had served as the advocate general of Islamabad in 2017-2018.
He also worked as deputy attorney general for Pakistan from 2011 to 2013, and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi/Islamabad Region deputy prosecutor general from 2009 to 2010.
Sattar is a renowned legal analyst and has been known as a vocal lawyer.
He represented Justice Qazi Faez Isa before a 10-judge bench of the Supreme Court in the Presidential Reference against the SC judge.
The nomination of Justice Sattar and Justice Jahangiri as the additional judges of the IHC was made by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) in its meeting in the first week of this month, chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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