Islamabad: After the approval of the Federal Cabinet, the National Assembly passed the Army, Air Force and Navy Amendment Act bill to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court and High Court.
According to the details, in the session of the National Assembly presided over by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, the motion to suspend the question period before the resolution was presented by the Law Minister in the National Assembly, which was approved by majority vote.
After that, the Law Minister presented the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Ordinance in the National Assembly for approval, in which the number of judges of the Supreme Court has been proposed to be increased to 34, while the number of judges in the Islamabad High Court has been proposed to be increased to 12.
During the presentation of the bill, the opposition raised slogans in the National Assembly, but during this time, the Federal Law Minister informed the House about the points of the bill and said that thousands of cases are pending in the Supreme Court registry, which It is necessary to increase the number of judges on the basis.
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Along with this, the Law Minister presented the Islamabad High Court Amendment Bill 2024 in the National Assembly and said that the number of judges in the High Court is being increased from 9 to 12.
After that, the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Act Amendment Bill 2024, the bill related to increasing the number of judges of the High Courts was also presented in the House which was approved by a majority vote.
Then Federal Minister of Defense Khawaja Asif presented the bill to amend the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force Act in the National Assembly, which was approved by a majority vote.
On the request of the Law Minister, the Speaker of the National Assembly voted in favor of the bill, which was passed by a majority vote.
During the passage of the resolution, the opposition raised a ruckus, raised noise while surrounding the speaker’s dais and tore copies of the bill and threw them, during which the members also clashed.
