Those expected to be elevated to the Supreme Court are Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam, who will be retiring as IHC chief justice on March 8; Sindh High Court Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, who as a high court judge will retire on December 2013; Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain (retiring on December 2011); Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Parvez Khan and Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai. This will raise the strength of the apex court to 25. The finance bill approved in June last year had raised the strength of the Supreme Court to 29 from 16 (excluding the chief justice).
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