President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the confirmation and tenure extensions of additional judges of the Sindh, Lahore, and Peshawar high courts, according to a press release.

The statement issued today by the president’s secretariat said that the approval was given in accordance with the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP).

For the Sindh High Court (SHC), the statement said that the president had approved the confirmation of the following 10 additional judges: Justices Miran Muhammad Shah, Tasneem Sultana, Riazat Ali Sahar, Muhammad Hasan, Abdul Hamid Bhurgi, Jan Ali Junejo, Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro, Ali Haider ‘Ada’, Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi and Muhammad Jaffer Raza.

He also approved a six-month extension in the tenure of Justice Khalid Hussain Shahani and Justice Syed Faiz ul Hassan Shah of the SHC, the statement added.

For the Lahore High Court (LHC), President Zardari approved the confirmation of the following 11 additional judges: Justices Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom, Malik Waqar Haider Awan, Sardar Akbar Ali, Syed Ahsan Raza Kazmi, Malik Javed Iqbal Wains, Muhammad Jawad Zafar, Khalid Ishaq, Malik Muhammad Awais Khalid, Chaudhry Sultan Mahmood, Tanveer Ahmad Sheikh and Abher Gul Khan.

The president further approved a six-month extension in the tenure of Justice Tariq Mahmood Bajwa as an additional LHC judge, according to the statement.

Finally, for the Peshawar High Court (PHC), he approved the confirmation of the following six additional judges: Justices Muhammad Tariq Afridi, Abdul Fayaz, Salah ud Din, Sadiq Ali, Syed Mudasser Ameer and Qazi Jawad Ehsanullah.

He also approved a six-month extension in the tenure of Justices Farah Jamshed, Inam Ullah Khan, Sabit Ullah Khan and Aurangzeb as PHC additional judges.

“The approvals have been made on the advice of the prime minister,” the statement added.

Last week, the JCP had recommended the confirmations of additional judges in the SHC, PHC and LHC, over multiple days of meetings presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi.

The sessions were all held at the conference room of the Supreme Court building. By a majority of its total membership, the JCP recommended the confirmations after due consideration of the relevant data forms, antecedents and evaluation of material placed before it.