Dozens of our superior justices now seem to be falling in line as well, and have taken a new oath under the new PCO, including:-
ALL of the 5 judges of the Balochistan High Court.
MAJORITY (7 of 13) of the Peshawar High Court judges.
MAJORITY of the Lahore High Court judges i.e. 13 have already and 5 more will.
4 judges of the Sindh High Court.
4 judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The new CJ - the honourable Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar was appointed as a judge by Benazir Bhutto's government in 1995, and I believe his domicile is Sindh.
Superior Judges taking the oath on the PCO in droves now.
Four more judges of Sindh High Court take oath under PCO
Updated at 1900 PST
KARACHI: As many as four judges of Sindh High Court took oath under PCO on Sunday. After this, the number of the judges of Sindh High Court who took oath under PCO rose to eight out of total 27 SHC judges. According to the sources, these judges include Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui, Justice Ali Saeen Dino, Justice Mehmood Alam and Justice Azizullah Memon. The oath taking ceremony was held at Governor House, here. It is however learnt that more SHC judges are expected to take oath as well.
Three more judges of Peshawar High Court take oath under PCO
Updated at 1845 PST
PESHAWAR: Three more judges of Peshawar High Court took oath under PCO on Sunday. The judges include Justice Jahanzeb Raheem, Justice Raj Mohammed Khan and Justice Mohammed Raza Khan. PHC Chief Justice Talat Qayyum Qureshi administered the oath to these judges**. After this, the number of the judges who took oath under PCO rose to nine. **Yesterday, Justice Qaim Jan, Justice Ijazul Hasan, Justice Saleem Khan, Justice Maroof Khan and Justice H amid Farooq Durrani were sworn in under new PCO.
Updated count of Judges that have now taken oath on new PCO.
ALL of the 5 judges of the Balochistan High Court.
MAJORITY (9 of 13) of the Peshawar High Court judges.
MAJORITY (17 of 31) of the Lahore High Court judges.
8 (out of 27) judges of the Sindh High Court.
5 (out of 17) judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
So 44 Superior Judges have now taken oath under the PCO, while others are likely to be offered it as well soon.
14 out 17 judges of the SC refused to take oath under PCO. Thats lot more than what was expected. Fight for nation's future starts now. Let see how long the junta survives.
hopefully some lotas would later turn on him, like the biggest lota iftikhar did. after all he did take oath on the dictator's stuff earlier.
Iftikahar Chaudhry himself is a PCO judge. So, why is he complaining about all these judges that have taken the new oath? Is that because he was not invited?
Iftikahar Chaudhry himself is a PCO judge. So, why is he complaining about all these judges that have taken the new oath? Is that because he was not invited?
Yep he did, so there is no reason that the ex-CJ Iftikhar or any of his supporters to cry now when some 44 Superior Judges have ignored his call, and swore an oath on the new PCO. This now includes 5 Supreme Court judges.
More and more judges taking the oath under the PCO, and disregarding the orders of ex-CJ Iftikhar.
**Justice Javed of LHC takes oath under PCO **
Updated at 1350 PST
ISLAMABAD:** Lahore High Court (LHC) judge Justice Javed Sarfaraz took the oath under the PCO here that brought the number of judges who had taken the oath under PCO to 18 in LHC**. Chief Justice of LHC Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry has administered the oath in a ceremony held in LHC.
ISLAMABAD: Four more judges, one each from Balochistan and Sindh and two from the NWFP, will take oath as Supreme Court justices today (Tuesday) under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO). Newly appointed Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar will administer the oath, sources told Daily Times on Monday. The four judges are former Federal Shariat Court chief justice Ijaz Yousaf, who is from Balochistan, Sindh High Court Justice Musa K Leghari and two judges of the Peshawar High Court.
The sources said the government was trying to persuade justices Ch Ijaz, Jamshed Ali and Tasaddaq Hussain Jilani to take fresh oath under the PCO. They are among 14 judges who refused to take oath under the PCO on Saturday. They said that some defiant judges had contacted the government for their re-induction as SC judges. “Among them are Justice Javed Iqbal and Justice Sardar Raza Khan,” the sources said, adding that the government was reluctant to re-induct them for various reasons. irfan ghauri
