An oath-taking ceremony of newly appointed five additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) will be held at the LHC judges' lounge on March 27.

LHC Chief Justice Sh Azmat Saeed will administer oath to the newly appointed judges.

The additional judges include Abdul Sami Khan, Ibad-ur- Rehman Lodhi, Shujaat Ali Khan, Mrs Ayesha A Malik and Shaikh Shahid Waheed.

President Asif Ali Zardari appointed the additional judges on recommendations of the parliamentary committee and the judicial commission for a period of one year.

After the induction of the five judges, the strength of LHC judges will become 39.