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The prime minister approved the appointment of Shahid Anwar Bajwa, Rukhsana Ahmed Malik, Ghulam Sarwar Kurai, Ahmed Ali Sheikh, Ali bin Adam Jaffery, Bhajandas Tejwani, Irfan Saadat Khan, Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, Muneeb Akhtar and Tufail H. Ebrahim.
The names were approved despite concerns expressed by some senior lawyers who were in the forefront of the movement for restoration of the judiciary, including SHC Bar Association’s president Rasheed A. Razvi who is a former judge of the court.
Mr Razvi had said recently that names of eminent individuals and former judges Arshad Siraj Memon and Salman Ansari should be included in the list.
Mr Memon and Mr Ansari were appointed judges of the SHC on Sept 15, 2007, on the recommendation of then SHC chief justice Sabihuddin Ahmed with the concurrence of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
They had refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) proclaimed on Nov 3, 2007.
The SHCBA president had dismissed a perception that the association had been consulted before the names were recommended by the chief justice of the high court to the Sindh governor for appointment.
After the July 31 judgment of the Supreme Court about PCO judges, the president had unseated 20 judges of the SHC appointed on the advice of former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar.
A senior lawyer told Dawn that Mr Bajwa practised on the labour side. Rukhsana Malik worked as a junior with Advocate Talmeez Barni.
Mr Kurai and Mr Tejwani belong to Sukkur. Mr Tejwani has served as president of the Sukkur Bar Association and is said to be close to former SC judge Rana Bhagwandas. Link...