Chief_Justice_of_Pakistan

Chief Justice of Pakistan

Chief Justice of Pakistan

Presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

The chief justice of Pakistan (initials as CJP; Urdu: منصفِ اعظم پاکستان, Munsif-e-Āzam Pākistān) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and is the highest-ranking officer of the Pakistani judiciary.[1] The officeholder is the senior most of 17 justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[2]

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Supreme Court of Pakistan

The Federal Court of Pakistan was established by Governor-General Jinnah's Order in February 1948. Until 1956, the chief justice and senior justices were known by the title of 'Federal Judge', and the Federal Court of Pakistan operated out of a wing of the Lahore High Court, despite the federal capital's location in Karachi. The enactment of Pakistan's first constitution in March 1956 redesigned it as the 'Supreme Court of Pakistan.' [3]

The chief justice is the chief administrative officer of the country's court system and the highest judicial officer, ranking immediately above the chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court. He is responsible for supervising federal judicial policies, and conducting judicial business in the Supreme Court.[4][5]

Nomination for the appointment of the chief justice is made by the prime minister of Pakistan, and final appointments are confirmed by the president of Pakistan.[6][7] Presiding over the oral arguments before the court, the chief justice has significant agenda-setting power over meetings of the Supreme Court. In modern tradition[clarification needed], the chief justice has the ceremonial duty of administering the oath of office of the president of Pakistan.[8]

The first chief justice was Sir Abdul Rashid.[9][10] The current chief justice is Qazi Faez Isa, incumbent since 17 September 2023.

List of chief justices

Pakistan's longest-serving chief justice was Mohammad Haleem for total of 3,205 days. The shortest-serving chief justice was Muhammad Shahabuddin. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is the only justice to have served non-consecutive terms, for a total of three terms with total of 2,480 days.

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  • ± Recess appointment, later rejected by the Supreme Judicial Council. All decisions voided due to illegality of appointment.
  • † Died in office

Timeline

Yahya AfridiMunib AkhtarSyed Mansoor Ali ShahQazi Faez IsaUmar Ata BandialGulzar AhmedAsif Saeed KhosaMian Saqib NisarAnwar Zaheer JamaliJawwad S. KhawajaNasir-ul-MulkTassadduq Hussain JillaniIftikhar Muhammad ChaudhryAbdul Hameed DogarIftikhar Muhammad ChaudhryRana BhagwandasJaved Iqbal (judge, born 1946)Iftikhar Muhammad ChaudhryNazim Hussain SiddiquiSheikh Riaz AhmadBashir JehangiriIrshad Hasan KhanSaeeduzzaman SiddiquiAjmal MianSajjad Ali ShahSaad Saud JanNasim Hasan ShahMuhammad Afzal ZullahMohammad HaleemS. Anwarul HaqMuhammad Yaqub AliHamoodur RahmanFazal AkbarS. A. RahmanA. R. CorneliusMuhammad ShahabuddinMuhammad MunirAbdul Rashid (judge)

See also

References

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    Article 176 in The Judicature Chapter 2 of Part VII of the Constitution of Pakistan
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    Article 175A in Chapter 1: The Courts. Part VII: The Judicature of the Constitution of Pakistan
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    Article 175A(12)-175A(13) Chapter 1: The Courts. Part VII: The Judicature of the Constitution of Pakistan
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    Article 178 in the Chapter 2: The Supreme Court of Pakistan of Part VII: The Judicature of Constitution of Pakistan
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