ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Tuesday nominated senior advocate Akhtar Hussain as the member of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP). 

The JCP meeting in the chair of Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed will be held today which will be attended by four senior judges of the Supreme Court, one retired judge of the apex court, Law Minister, Attorney General for Pakistan and a representative of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC). 

The Council under Rule 91 of the Legal Practitioners & Bar Councils Rules, 1976, nominated Akhtar Hussain, Senior Advocate of Supreme Court, as Member of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan in terms of Article 175-A(2)(vi), of the Constitution, for two years. 

He will participate in the JCP’s meeting of July 28.