ISLAMABAD:

A subcommittee of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) headed by Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail failed to evolve criteria for selecting judges for constitutional benches (CBs) as most members held the view that the Constitution does not empower it to do so.

The five-member committee held a meeting on Thursday, August 21. Other members included Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Awan, Senator Farooq H Naek (from treasury benches), Senator Ali Zafar (from opposition benches), and Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) representative Ahsan Bhoon.

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi had earlier formed two committees led by Justice Mandokhail to prepare draft rules for the annual judicial performance evaluation of high court judges, as well as criteria for selection of j

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