JCP is seeking nominations for high court justices.

The notification states that the commission is looking for nominations for 12 more judges for the Sindh High Court, four for the Islamabad High Court, ten for the Lahore High Court, nine for the Peshawar High Court, and three for the Balochistan High Court.

With input from judges and members of parliament, the JCP finalized new guidelines for selecting judges to the higher judiciary at the same time.

The Judicial Commission of Pakistan is in charge of selecting justices for the Supreme Court and other courts, making sure that the selections are made fairly and in compliance with the Constitution.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Supreme Court already expressed his general views on the rules governing judge appointments in a separate letter to the Judicial Commission.

In his letter to the Secretary of the Judicial Commission, Justice Shah expressed opposition to the use of intelligence reports in the appointment of judges. “Judicial appointments may be abused of the intelligence agency’s role,” argues Justice Mansoor Ali Shah.

“Already the executive is enjoying a majority in the judicial commission. I have already clarified my position with regard to the 26th Amendment,” Justice Shah said.

He suggested the constitution of the full court to review the 26th Amendment. There must be a mechanism of appointment of judges for the constitutional bench, a senior Supreme Court judge said.

“A judge has made how many decisions of interpretation of the constitution? It can be one of the parameters for posting in the constitutional bench,” he suggested.

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