Balochistan High Court All Judges Resign

QUETTA: All the five judges of Balochistan High Court have resigned from their offices to avoid references against them in Supreme Judicial Council on taking oath on PCO of November 3, 2007.

Those who submitted their resignations on Tuesday include Chief Justice BHC Justice Amanullah Yaseenzai, Justice Ahmed Khan Lashari, Justice Akhtar Zaman Malgani, Justice Nadir Khan Durrani and Justice Mehta Kelash Nath.

Registrar BHC has confirmed the resignations, saying that all the five resignations have been sent to President for approval.

More resignations from the PCO judges of Supreme Court of Pakistan and the other three high courts are expected to avoid references in Supreme Judicial Council against them as was announced in a verdict by a full bench of SC on Friday.

After Tuesday’s resignations no judge is presently available in the high court to hear the cases. It is expected that President Asif Ali Zardari would soon carry out fresh appointments in the court on the advice of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and on the recommendations of Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.