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President extends tenure of four SHC judges
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, on the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee for the appointment of Judges and on the advice of the Prime Minister, on Monday approved grant of one-year extension in the tenure of four Additional Judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC).Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said that the Additional Judges of the SHC whose tenure has been extended by one year on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee are Mr. Justice Imam Bakhsh Baloch, Mr. Justice Nisar Muhammad Shaikh, Mr. Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi and Mr. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar.
The one year extension in respect of each Additional Judge will be deemed to be effective from the date on which his current tenure as Additional Judge expires, he said.
In a related development, the President, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, on Monday also accepted the request of Mr. Justice Zahid Hussain of the Supreme Court for early retirement.
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