ISLAMABAD: The names of three judges including a female judge have been approved by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for the special court that will conduct trial of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, DawnNews reported.
The names of the judges, along with their profile, were sent to Law Secretary Barrister Zafarullah Khan by the SC registrar with a suggestion to select any three of them as members of the special court.
About the head of the special court, the government was suggested to select the most senior one in the list.
The apex court sent the names of Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar of the Balochistan High Court, Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi of the Islamabad High Court, Justice Mohammad Yawar Ali of the Lahore High Court, Justice Yahya Afridi of the Peshawar High Court and Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved the names of Justice Faisal Arab (SHC), Justice Tahira Safdar (BHC) and Justice Yawar Ali (LHC). According to the notification issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, Justice Faisal Arab will preside over the special court as he is the most senior of the three judges
The special court will hear the case in Islamabad.
Although all the selected judges command respect for their uprightness, honesty and for having distinguished career, legal observers fear that the name of the presiding judge may get entangled in a controversy after being objected to by Gen Musharraf’s side because he had refused to take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) issued by the former military ruler. He was later restored, along with the Chief Justice of Pakistan, on March 16, 2009.
Justice Tahira Safdar is the daughter of a lawyer who had died. Her three brothers are practising lawyers. She started her career in 1983-84 and served as civil judge in Quetta. She later became district judge, a member of the Service Tribunal and was then elevated to the BHC as judge. Justice Yawar Ali is a nephew of former Supreme Court judge Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday.
On Monday, the law secretary had sent a one-page letter to the SC registrar through a special messenger with a request to place the matter before Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for nominating three high court judges for the special court to try Gen Musharraf under treason charges for suspending the constitution while proclaiming a state of emergency on Nov 3, 2007.
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