Govt. of Pakistan issue Notifications for judges’ restoration
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 11:41 pm
ISLAMABAD: The government issued on Tuesday notifications about restoration of all deposed judges, including Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Addressing a news conference here, Secretary Law Afgha Rafiq said that Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has been restored as Chief Justice of Pakistan on Pre-Nov 3 position.
He said that all others judges, who were deposed on Nov 3, 2007, have also been restored.
It may be mentioned here two separate notifications were issued for restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other deposed judges.
Justice Agha said there was no need for Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges to take oath again.
“All judges, except Chief Justice, can assume their duties from tomorrow,” he said, adding that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will assume his charge after retirement of Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on March 21.
The restored judges of the Supreme Court are: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Ejaz Ahmed.
Two judges of the Sindh High Court include Justice Musheer Alam and Justice Maqbool Baqar. One judge of Peshawar High Court is Justice Ejaz Afzal. Three judges of Lahore High Court are: Justice Khawaja Sharif, Justice Ejaz Ahmad and Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman.
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