Important era has begun for judiciary with appointment of Bandial as CJP: Fawad

Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Tuesday said that with the appointment of Justice Umar Ata Bandial as Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), a very important era had begun for the judiciary.

On his official twitter handle, the federal minister wrote, this year, five judges were to be appointed in the Supreme Court and many dozens in the high courts.

The minister opined that the appointment of capable judges could change the judicial system.

جسٹس عمر عطا بندیال کی بطور چیف جسٹس تعیناتی کے ساتھ ہی عدلیہ کیلئے ایک انتہائ اہم دورکاآغاز ہو گیا ہے اس سال سپریم کورٹ میں پانچ اور ہائیکورٹ میں کئ درجن ججز کی تعیناتی ہونی ہے نئے چیف جسٹس پاکستان کی عدالتوں میں کوالٹی ججز کی تعیناتی سے نظام انصاف بدل سکتے ہیں۔

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 18, 2022