ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the appointment of Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim as the acting chief justice (CJ) of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), an official statement said on Friday. A notification was issued regarding Justice Ibrahim’s appointment as the acting CJ of PHC, stating that the tenure of the senior-most judge will be effective from the day of swearing-in. The senior judge would perform duties as an acting CJ before being elevated to the permanent PHC chief justice post-approval of the judicial and the parliamentary committees, it concluded. In another development, the Ministry of Law and Justice notified making six additional judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC) permanent following the approval of President Zardari. The judges include Justice Amjad Ali Bohio, Justice Sana Akram Minhas, Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana, Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro, Justice Abdur Rehman, and Justice Arbab Ali Hakro.
