ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Tuesday unanimously nominated Justice Aalia Neelum, as the first-ever woman top judge for the Lahore High Court, Geo News reported citing sources.
The jurist was nominated in a JCP meeting headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa earlier in the day.Justice Aalia is third in the seniority list of the LHC after the elevation of former LHC CJ Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan to the Supreme Court.
After Justice Shahzad’s elevation, Justice Shujaat Ali Khan had been appointed as the acting CJ for the high court by President Asif Ali Zardari under Article 196.
Meanwhile, Justice Shafi Muhammad Siddiqui was also unanimously nominated for post of Sindh High Court (SHC) top judge.
