By Adnan Rafique
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Pakistan on Thursday held a meeting at the Conference Room of the Supreme Court of Pakistan under the chairmanship of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Yahya Afridi, who also serves as Chairman of the Council.
The meeting was attended by Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court Amin-ud-Din Khan, Supreme Court judges Munib Akhtar and Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Federal Constitutional Court judge Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Aalia Neelum, and Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar.
According to an official statement, the Council, in what was described as a demonstration of institutional accountability and transparency, first took up matters relating to some of its own members. Meetings were accordingly held with varying compositions in line with the relevant constitutional provisions.
A reconstituted meeting of the Council was later chaired by Amin-ud-Din Khan. The meeting was attended by Supreme Court judges, Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Shahid Waheed, along with Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court, S.M. Attique Shah as substituted members.
The Council considered 23 matters under Article 209 of the Constitution of Pakistan and disposed of the business included in the agenda.
