In the meanwhile, the Ministry of Law and Justice vide letter date 15-03-2019, some 15 days before the announcement of the results by the FPSC have sent a list of 11 persons to the Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan for approval of appointments as Member Judicial ATIR (8 persons) and Custom Appellate Tribunal (3 persons). The Honourable CJP has granted the approval and the same has been communicated to the ministry vide letter of registrar Supreme Court dated 22-03-19.
They said all the eight persons who are now going to be appointed as Member Judicial ATIR either did not apply to the FPSC or applied but could not qualify for the written test. Similarly, the three persons approved for appointment as Member Judicial, Custom Appellate Tribunal have not passed any tests, etc. It is not known as to on what basis these persons are going to be appointed in BPS-21 as Member Judicial, ATIR or CAT, they added.