February 26, 2025

PRESS RELEASE

The 245th meeting of the Pakistan Bar Council, was held today at 02 PM, in Council’s Office, Supreme Court Building, Islamabad, with Mr. Mansoor Usman Awan, Attorney-General for Pakistan & Chairman, Pakistan Bar Council, in the Chair.

2. The attendance of the meeting was as under:-

(1) Mr. Mansoor Usman Awan . . . In Chair
(2) Ch. Tahir Nasrullah Warriach . . . Vice-Chairman
(3) Mr. Muhammad Yaseen Azad . . . Chairman
Executive Committee
(4) Mr. Munir Ahmad Khan Kakar . . . Member
(5) Mr. Haroon-ur-Rashid . . . Member
(6) Mr. Khush Dil Khan . . . Member
(7) Syed Amjad Shah . . . Member
(8) Pir Muhammad Masood Chishti . . . Member
(9) Mr. Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon . . . Member
(10) Syed Qalb-i-Hassan . . . Member
(11) Mr. Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry . . . Member
(12) Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig . . . Member
(13) Mr. Hassan Raza Pasha . . . Member
(14) Mr. Shafqat Mehmood Chauhan . . . Member
(15) Mr. Farooq Hamid Naek . . . Member
(16) Mr. Shahadat Awan . . . Member
(17) Mr. Shahab Sarki . . . Member
(18) Mr. Abid Shahid Zuberi . . . Member
(19) Mr. Tahir Faraz Abbasi . . . Member
(20) Mr. Noor Alam Khan . . . Member

3. The Pakistan Bar Council, apart from transacting other business on the Agenda, took the following

4. NOMINATION TO THE JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN.

Mr. Mansoor Usman Awan, Attorney-General for Pakistan and RETURNING OFFICER for Election of the Pakistan Bar Council, invited proposals for the nomination of Member Judicial Commission of Pakistan in terms of Article 175A(2)(vi) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.

In response, Mr. Khush Dil Khan and Mr. Muhammad Yaseen Azad, proposed the name of Mr. Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon, Advocate Supreme Court and Member, Pakistan Bar Council, seconded by Mr. Hassan Raza Pasha and Pir Muhammad

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Masood Chishti, as nominee for Member of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan. Mr. Shafqat Mehmood Chauhan, learned Member proposed the name of Mr. Tahir Faraz Abbasi, Advocate Supreme Court and Member, Pakistan Bar Council, seconded by Mr. Abid Shahid Zuberi, learned Member.

Fourteen (14) learned Members casted their votes in favour of Mr. Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon and four (4) in favour of Mr. Tahir Faraz Abbasi and one Member had abstained from voting. Votes were casted by show of hands.

Resultantly, the learned Chairman and Returning Officer, declared Mr. Muhammad Ahsan Bhoon, as Member Judicial Commission of Pakistan, for a period of two years w.e.f. 26-02-2025 till 25-02-2027.

SECRETARY