Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the confirmation of a total of 27 additional judges of the Sindh, Lahore, and Peshawar high courts.

According to a statement issued on Thursday by the president's secretariat, the approval was given in accordance with the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP).

For the Sindh High Court (SHC), the statement said the president had approved the confirmation of all 10 additional judges recommended by the JCP: Justices Miran Muhammad Shah, Tasneem Sultana, Riazat Ali Sahar, Muhammad Hasan, Abdul Hamid Bhurgi, Jan Ali Junejo, Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro, Ali Haider 'Ada', Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi and Muhammad Jaffer Raza.

President Zardari also approved a six-...