PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly approved the seven-member commission for the appointment of judges in the SC and 11-member commission for the appointment of judges in the high courts.

New article 175A approved by the majority to provide for the constitution of a seven-member judicial commission - for naming judges for appointment to superior courts to be confirmed by a parliamentary committee - consisting of the chief justice (chairman) and two senior-most judges of the Supreme court, a former chief justice or judge of the same court to be nominated by the chief justice, federal minister for law and justice, the attorney-general and a senior advocate of the Supreme Court to be nominated by the Pakistan Bar Council for two years.