PESHAWAR: Ten newly appointed additional judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) took the oath of office on Tuesday.

The oath-taking ceremony was arranged at the PHC where Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim administered the oath to the newly appointed judges.

The judges who were installed included Justice Tariq Afridi, Justice Abdul Fayaz, Justice Farah Jamshed, Justice Inamullah, Justice Sabitullah Khan, Justice Salahuddin, Justice Sadiq Ali, and Justice Mudassir Ameer, Justice Aurangzeb and Justice Qazi Jawad Ehsan.

The total number of judges at the PHC increased to 23 with the appointment of these 10 new judges. The Judicial Commission of Pakistan had previously approved the appointment of these additional judges for the court.