A sessions court on Thursday granted bail to the main suspect in a case pertaining to the alleged underage marriage of Arzoo. File photo
A sessions court on Thursday granted bail to the main suspect in a case pertaining to the alleged underage marriage of Arzoo a teenage Christian girl who was allegedly abducted before being forcefully converted and married to a Muslim man.
Police have detained and booked the main suspect Syed Ali Azhar, cleric Qazi Abdul Rasool Naqshbandi who allegedly performed the underage marriage, the Justice of Peace who issued the marriage certificate, and facilitators and witnesses under Section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Section 3 of the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013.
JCP mulls mechanism to summon aspiring judges
The commission had approved nomination of two prominent lawyers, Babar Sattar and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri
ISLAMABAD:
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) is considering evolving a mechanism that would allow it to summon candidates, being considered for superior court judges, in its meetings.
Sources told
The Express Tribune that the need for such a mechanism was felt during the last meeting of the commission held on December 2 when it was deliberating foreign financial interests and debt obligations of prominent lawyer Babar Sattar.
The JCP had approved the nomination of two prominent lawyers, Babar Sattar and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, for appointment as judges of the Islamabad High Court in its meeting held on Thursday.