Judicial Commission meets today to pick ad hoc SC judges

ISLAMABAD: After retired Justice Maqbool Baqar also turned down the offer to become an ad hoc judge of the Supreme Court for three years, members of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) appreciated the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s (JCP) move to appoint ad hoc judges to dispense a backlog of cases.

Justice Baqar is the second former judge who has declined to accept the offer, after retired Justice Mushir Alam.

Headed by CJP Qazi Faez Isa, the JCP will meet today (Friday) to consider the appointment of former judges...