{
  "id": 528994,
  "title": "President Zardari approves additional judges' appointments to high courts after days-long delay",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/president-zardari-approves-additional-judges-appointments-to-high",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T03:51:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2022098/president-zardari-approves-additional-judges-appointments-to-high-courts-after-days-long-delay"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Asif Ali Zardari has approved and confirmed the appointment of additional judges for the Lahore High Court, Sindh High Court, Peshawar High Court, Islamabad High Court, and Balochistan High Court, after a days-long delay. The Judicial Commission of Pakistan recommended these appointments on July 20 and 21, but they remained pending until Tuesday when the President gave his assent. The Presidency announced the approval, adding that the President also granted assent to the confirmation of certain additional judges of the Sindh High Court and Lahore High Court as permanent judges.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}