BY OUR CORRESPONDENT

ISLAMABAD: Justice Sardar Mohammed Raza Khan, a senior Supreme Court (SC) judge from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), will retire on Tuesday after reaching the superannuation age of 65.

A full court reference would be held at Supreme Court premises on Tuesday, to honour Justice Khan.

There is no proposal under consideration to appoint Justice Khan in the apex court on ad-hoc basis.

The chief justice of Pakistan has not yet sent any recommendations to President Asif Ali Zardari for elevating a high court judge to the Supreme Court in place of Khan, said an official.

However, the name of Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan has been circulating in the legal circles as the possible replacement for Khan.

It is judicial tradition that the outgoing judge is replaced with a judge of the same province.