Newly-appointed Supreme Court, high courts judges take oath
Pakistan
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi administers oath to them
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Six newly-appointed judges of the Supreme Court took oath of office at a ceremony held here on Friday.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi administered the oath to the judges. The ceremony was attended by judges of the apex court and lawyers.
The newly sworn-in judges were: Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar, Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, Justice Salahuddin Panhwar, Justice Shakeel Ahmad, Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim.
Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of Islamabad High Court (ICH) took oath as acting judge of the Supreme Court.
The oath-takign ceremony was originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb 13. However, it was postponed till Friday due to a delay in the issuance of the notification of the new judges as it was issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice late at night.
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan had approved the appointment of new judges to apex court amid boycott by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and two senior judges.
Meanwhile, acting chief justices of Sindh and Peshawar high courts took oath in Karachi and Peshawar.
Sindh: Governor Kamran Tessori administered the oath to acting Chief Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar at Governor’s House in Karachi.
Justice Zafar Rajput, Justice Zafar Iqbal, Justice Yousuf Syed, Justice Amjad Sahato, head of the Constitutional Bench Justice Agha Faisal, and Justice Sana Akram Minhas also attended the ceremony.
Justice Junaid Ghaffar was born on Sept 14, 1963, obtained his law degree in 1990, and was appointed as an additional judge of the Sindh High Court in 2013. He became the most senior judge in the Sindh High Court after the elevation of Justice Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Salahuddin Panhor to the Supreme Court.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administered the oath to Justice S.M Atiq Shah as acting chief justice of Peshawar High Court.
The swearing-in ceremony, held at Governor’s House in Peshawar, was attended by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. Judges of the Peshawar High Court, lawyers and officials also attended the ceremony.
