ISLAMABAD, JAN 11 (DNA) – Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, hearing on Thursday a suo moto caseon non-functioning tribunals and special courts across Pakistan, gave a week’s time for all vacant positions for judges to be filled, noting that “things do not get done easily” in the country.

“All vacant positions should be filled by next Friday [January 19],” the chief justice told the attorney general and provincial advocate generals. “For judicial reforms, it is imperative that no judge positions remain unoccupied.”

The chief justice also asked Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali to explain why the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) prosecutor general has yet not been appointed. At this, the attorney general assured the CJ that “Prosecutor General NAB will be appointed by tomorrow.”

When asked to disclose details of vacancies in Islamabad, Ausaf said six judges in the capital have additional charge.