Its All About Pakistan

06/11/07 ISLAMABAD, Four more judges, one each from Balochistan and Sindh and two from the NWFP, will take oath as Supreme Court justices today (Tuesday) under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO). Newly appointed Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar will administer the oath, sources told.

The four judges are former Federal Shariat Court chief justice Ijaz Yousaf, who is from Balochistan, Sindh High Court Justice Musa K Leghari and two judges of the Peshawar High Court.

The sources said the government was trying to persuade justices Ch Ijaz, Jamshed Ali and Tasaddaq Hussain Jilani to take fresh oath under the PCO. They are among 14 judges who refused to take oath under the PCO on Saturday.

They said that some defiant judges had contacted the government for their re-induction as SC judges. Among them are Justice Javed Iqbal and Justice Sardar Raza Khan, the sources said, adding that the government was reluctant to re-induct them for various reasons.