: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is to meet next month to decide on a new Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice as incumbent Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh is set to retire on March 18. Punjab judicial sources have revealed to The Express Tribune that senior judge Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan was being considered for appointment as the new LHC CJ. Likewise, LHC judge Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi is to be considered for elevation to the apex court. If he continues as LHC judge, he will become high court chief justice on July 5 next year (2021) for 13 months. Three junior judges – Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Qazi Amin Ahmad and Justice Muhammad Amin Uddin Khan – had been elevated on the basis of “competency and reputation”.

Source: The Express Tribune January 27, 2020 21:45 UTC