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Summary President Zardari extended the services of six LHC and SJC judges by one year.
After the verdict of the Supreme Court and the advice of the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, President Asif Ali Zardari approved the extension of four Lahore High Court (LHC) and two Sindh High Court (SHC) Additional judges.According to the president’s spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, the president extended the services of the four LHC and two SHC judges by one year. Those given extension are Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh, Justice Mohammed Farrukh Irfan Khan, Justice Syed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Mohammed Yawar Ali of the LHC and Justice Salman Hamid and Justice Mohammed Tasnim of the SHC.Farhatullah Babar said that earlier the Parliamentary Commission on Appointment of Judges had not accepted the recommendations of Judicial Commission to extend the tenure of the judges.
