SC to remain closed on Feb 5, 8

#Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will remain closed on Monday, February 5 on the account of Kashmir Day and on Thursday, February 8 due to general elections.

According to the details, two benches of Supreme Court will hear the cases in the working days of the next week.

On Tuesday and Friday, the first bench will consist of two judges while on Wednesday it will consist of three judges.

Bench Number 1 will be headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa. While, Justice Musarat Hilali will join first bench Tuesday, while Justice Jamal Mandukhel will join on Friday.

On Wednesday, Justice Jamal Mandukhel and Justice Musarat Hilali will be part of Bench One along with the Chief Justice.

Bench number two will consist of Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Jamal Mandukhel on Tuesday.

On Wednesday and Friday, Bench No.2 will have Justice Sardar Tariq Masood along with Justice Athar Minullah.

Next week's roster of Lahore Registry 

On the other hand, the roster for hearing cases in Supreme Court Lahore Registry next week has also been released.

Bench No.1 will hear the cases on February 9 at the Lahore Registry, comprising Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha A. Malik.

In Bench No.2, Justice Aminuddin and Justice Shahid Waheed will hear the cases.