ISLAMABAD: The maiden meeting of the special parliamentary committee to appoint the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) for a three-year term will be held today (Tuesday). Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) has decided to boycott it.
On Monday, Speaker National Assembly (NA) Ayaz Sadiq constituted a 12-member special parliamentary committee to appoint the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) for a three-year term.
The committee, established following the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, includes representatives from both the National Assembly and the Senate.
The 12-member special parliamentary committee will select the Chief Justice of Pakistan from the panel of three most senior judges.
The committee includes Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MNA; Ahsan Iqbal, MNA; Shaista Pervaiz Malik, MNA; Raja Pervez Ashraf, MNA; Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA; Rana Ansar, MNA; Gohar Ali Khan, MNA; Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza, MNA; Senator Farooq Hameed Naik; Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar; Senator Syed Ali Zafar and Senator Kamran Murtaza.
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Shaista Pervaiz Malik and Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar belong to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) while Raja Pervez Ashraf, Syed Naveed Qamar and Senator Farooq H. Naik are from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
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Senator Kamran Murtaza represents Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) while Rana Ansar is a woman law maker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
Gohar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza and Senator Syed Ali Zafar are representatives of Sunni Itehad Council (SIC) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Meanwhile PTI has refused to join the process of appointing the next top judge.
The Imran Khan-led party, in a statement, said that members who voted in support of the amendment would face disciplinary action, including the cancellation of their basic party membership.
Moreover, the party’s political committee also agreed to issue show-cause notices to the parliamentarians who severed ties with the party, according to the statement.
“We will seek explanations from those who have maintained contacts with the government circles,” the statement noted, adding the party will decide the fate of these members in the light of their explanations.
It should be remembered that the 12-member special parliamentary committee will select the Chief Justice of Pakistan from the panel of three most senior judges.