Appointment of CJ: Special Parliamentary Committee meeting called today

The meeting of the special parliamentary committee for the appointment of the Chief Justice of Pakistan has been called today (Tuesday) at 4 pm.

Earlier, after the passage of 26th constitutional amendment, a notification was issued for the formation of a parliamentary committee for the appointment of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

After receiving the names of all 12 members for the special parliamentary committee in the Speaker’s Office, the notification for the formation of the committee was issued.

Four nominated members of the committee from the Senate include Kamran Murtaza of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), Farooq H. Naik of People’s Party, Azam Nazeer Tarar of PML-N and Barrister Ali Zafar of PTI.

Similarly, the eight members of the National Assembly for the committee include Khawaja Asif, Ahsan Iqbal and Shaista Parvez of PML-N. Raja Pervez Ashraf and Naveed Qamar of Pakistan Peoples Party while Barrister Gohar and Sahibzada Hamid Raza from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Rana Ansar of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan are also part of the special parliamentary party.

It should be noted that the 12-member special parliamentary committee will select the Chief Justice of Pakistan from the panel of judges. Three days before the retirement, the current Chief Justice will send the panel of 3 senior judges to the Speaker of National Assembly, who will forward the same to the special parliamentary committee for the appointment of the Chief Justice.