Three deposed judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan took oath of their offices on Friday, according to official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar administered oath to the deposed judges including Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice Syed Jamshed Aliin at the Ceremonial Hall of the Supreme Court of Pakistan here.
The judges, sacked on Nov. 3 last year by then President Pervez Musharraf, would return to their offices with immediate effect and their seniority was ensured from the date of Nov. 2, according to APP.
The law minister Farooq H. Naek said that more deposed judges were willing to take fresh oath of office.
Private TV channel Ary One World quoted Naek as saying that other deposed judges should take oath in a week. They will get retired if they fail to do so, he said.
Some 60 judges were sacked on Nov. 3 last year when then President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency. The PPP and its former coalition partner Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) promised in March that the judges would be restored.
Local newspaper The News reported Friday that the PPP had decided in principle not to restore former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Chaudhry could take fresh oath as a judge, not as Chief Justice of Pakistan, Naek said, adding that Abdul Hameed Dogar is the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
Source:Xinhua
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