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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.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan is the highest and apex court in the judicial hierarchy of Pakistan. Its judicial membership currently composed of the Chief Justice of Pakistan and fifteen senior justices, also consisting the ad hoc appointments of the Shariat Appellate . [2]
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Justice Isa has an association with the law spanning forty-five years. He studied law for four years, worked as a lawyer for about 27 years and was appointed as the Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court on 5 August 2009. He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court on 5 September 2014. Justice Isa’s judgments reflect a strong desire to ...
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Isa was born in Quetta, West Pakistan on 26 October 1959 to Qazi Muhammad Isa and Begum Saida Isa. His paternal grandfather, Qazi Jalaluddin, was a Hazara of the Sunni sect belonging to the Sheikh Ali tribe, and was a judge in Kandahar who was forced to flee Afghanistan at the end of the 19th century, in protest against the persecution of Hazaras d...
Isa enrolled as an Advocate of the Balochistan High Court on 30 January 1985 and as an Advocate Supreme Courton 21 March 1998. He practiced law for over 27 years before all the High Courts of Pakistan, the Federal Shariat Court, and the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and was a member of the Balochistan High Court Bar Association, Sindh High Court Bar A...
PTI intra-party elections case
On 13 January 2024, less than a month before the general elections, a three-member Supreme Court bench led by Isa upheld the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), overturning a prior reversal of the ECP's order by a bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC). The initial ECP order, citing alleged irregularities in PTI's intra-party elections conducted on 2 December 2023, rendered them ineligible to keep their election symbol, the cricketbat.
Proscribed literature case
Chief Justice Isa faced criticism from major religious parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, over his verdict in a case of dissemination of banned Ahmadiyya literature. In the case, Isa released an accused, who had been incarcerated since 2019, setting aside an earlier Lahore high Court ruling while stating "courts must exercise caution in matters of faith". Adherents of Ahmadiyaa faith are officially declared as non-Muslims in the constitution of Pakistan and have face...
Elections 2024 rigging allegations
On 17 February 2024, Commissioner Rawalpindi, Liaquat Ali Chattha, in a press conference accused Isa to be involved in rigging of General Elections 2024. Later while talking to reporters, Isa denied these allegations. Following the presser, Chattha was arrested and shifted to an unknown location.On 22 February 2024, he apologized for his allegations while claiming that PTI exerted pressure on him to discredit Isa.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan is the highest appellate court of the country. For further details about Honorable Judges please follow the below links. Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan
Name: Mr. Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa. Date and place of birth: December 21, 1954 Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. Marital status: Married. Children: Blessed with two daughters and four grandchildren
Dec 16, 2023 · HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SARDAR TARIQ MASOOD TAKES OATH AS ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF PAKISTAN. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sardar Tariq Masood has taken oath as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan. The oath was administered by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ijaz-Ul-Ahsan, in a simple and dignified ceremony in Supreme Court Islamabad today i.e. 16.12.2023.
