Federal Law Minister Nazir Tarar has said that according to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa, he is not interested in extending the term of office, ad hoc judges should be appointed.
While talking to a private TV channel, he said that the news of extending the tenure of the Chief Justice is not true. Due to the high pension bill, the discussion of extending the tenure of government employees arose.
Azam Nazir Tarar said that there was a meeting with the Chief Justice regarding the meeting of the Judicial Commission. At that time, the issue of extending the tenure of the Chief Justice was also discussed, on which he said that he was not interested in extending the tenure of the Chief Justice.
He said that Parliament has the power to amend the constitution. As the retirement age of government employees around the world has increased, the government has to pay huge sums of money for pensions.
The federal minister said that the proposal to extend the tenure of all government employees, including the judiciary, was under consideration. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah agreed with the extension proposal.
The League leader added that ad-hoc judges should be appointed, the constitution allows for the appointment of ad-hoc judges. Ad hoc judges are to be appointed by the Judicial Commission and not by the Chief Justice.
