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Three deposed judges sacked, 24 stand retired

ISLAMABAD: The Law Ministry on Tuesday issued a notification retiring 24 high court judges - and another dismissing deposed chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and two other Supreme Court judges - who did not take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO). Chaudhry, Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday were sacked without retirement privileges. Twelve judges of the SHC, namely justices Ahmed Jaffery, Khilji Hussain, Amir Muslim, Gulzar Ahmed, Maqbool Baqar, Athar Saeed, Faisal Arab, Sajjad Shah, Zafar Sherwani, Salman Ansari, Abdul Rasheed Kalhwar and Arshad Siraj, stand retired. Ten judges of the LHC, namely Khawaja Sharif, Saqib Nisar, Asif Khosa, Tahir Ali, Ijaz Chaudhry, Shahid Siddiqui, Jahangir Arshad, Iqbal Hameedur Rehman, Ata Bandial and Azmat Saeed, stand retired. Justices Ejaz Afzal and Dost Muhammad of the PHC stand retired as well. staff report/online

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