Three new judges of Islamabad High Court (IHC), including a female judge, who is the first female judge in the history of the IHC, were officially sworn in on Friday. Female judge Lubna Saleem Pervaiz took oath along with her two male colleagues Fiaz Anjum Jadran and Ghulam Azam Qambrani. The oath was administered by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah. Lubna Saleem was previously working as deputy general at the Sindh High Court. According to a notification from the Ministry of Law and Justice, the judges have been appointed to IHC by President Dr Arif Alivi for a year. Under Article 175-A of the Constitution, the initial appointment of an additional judge in the high court is made for a year. After this term expires, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) considers the judges for a permanent position, and the Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment then considers the JCP’s recommendations. On November 21, the JCP recommended Pervaiz, Jandran and Qambrani as additional judges, and the nominations were unanimously confirmed by the parliamentary committee on December 4. Previously, there were only four judges in the IHC, compared to seven sanctioned posts. They included Chief Justice Athar Minallah, Senior Puisne Judge Aamer Farooq, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb.