Pakistan, July 29 -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered a major reshuffle in the Islamabad Judicial Service, transferring four Additional Sessions Judges, two Senior Civil Judges and 14 Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates, while the services of one Civil Judge have been repatriated to the Lahore High Court.

According to notifications issued by the Registrar of the Islamabad High Court with the approval of Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka's court has been designated to exclusively hear gender-based violence (GBV) cases.

The GBV court has previously delivered judgments in several high-profile cases, including the Noor Mukadam murder case and the Usman Mirza case.

The notif...