ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the appointment of additional judges to various high courts.
According to the President’s Office media wing, Zardari approved the appointment of additional judges to the Lahore, Sindh, Peshawar, Islamabad and Balochistan high courts.
The president also approved the confirmation of some additional judges of the Sindh and Lahore high courts as permanent judges.
He also approved a proposal to bring the salaries, allowances and pensions of Supreme Court judges in line with those of judges of the Federal Constitutional Court.
Zardari further approved amendments to the 1997 order concerning the leave, pensions and privileges of high court judges.
According to the President’s Office, he also approved the appointment of Haroon Akhtar as the prime minister’s adviser on industries and production.
