{"id":65436,"date":"2025-02-14T11:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T06:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=65436"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T06:13:21","slug":"newly-appointed-supreme-court-high-courts-judges-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/newly-appointed-supreme-court-high-courts-judges-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly-appointed Supreme Court, high courts judges sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"newsdetailcontent\">ISLAMABAD: Six newly appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/jcp-approves-six-judges-for-elevation-to-supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court judges<\/a> and one ad-hoc judge took oath in a swearing-in ceremony at the apex court in Islamabad on Friday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsdetailcontent\">\n<p>Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi administered the oath to them.<\/p>\n<p>The new sworn-in judges include former Balochistan High Court (BHC) chief justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar, ex-Sindh High Court (SHC) chief justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, and SHC senior puisne judge Salahuddin Panhwar.<\/p>\n<p>Peshawar High Court (PHC) judge Shakeel Ahmad, ex-Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice Aamer Farooq, and ex-PHC Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim were also among them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, CJP Afridi also administered an oath to Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb as an acting apex court judge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"medium-insert-images ui-sortable medium-insert-active\">The ceremony was attended by the judges of the Supreme Court and lawyers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"medium-insert-images ui-sortable medium-insert-active\">The JCP, on Monday, approved the elevation of a total of six new judges to the apex court amid a boycott by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers and two senior SC judges.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification on Thursday notifying the appointment of six judges who were elevated to the Supreme Court from various high courts after the president&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n<p>The judges&#8217; elevation issue faced opposition from PTI&#8217;s Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Senator Ali Zafar and two SC judges, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Munib Akhtar had boycotted the JCP&#8217;s meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Separately, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori administered the oath to acting SHC Chief Justice Junaid Ghaffar in an oath-taking ceremony at the Governor\u2019s House in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to that, the acting Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/justice-sarfraz-dogar-notified-as-acting-ihc-cj\/\">Sarfaraz Dogar<\/a> also sworn in at Aiwan-e-Sadr. President Asif Ali Zardari administrated the oath to acting chief justice IHC.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administered the oath to Justice S.M Atiq Shah as acting chief justice of Peshawar High Court.<\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in ceremony, held at the Governor\u2019s House in Peshawar, was attended by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. Judges of the Peshawar High Court, lawyers, and officials also attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Six newly appointed Supreme Court judges and one ad-hoc judge took oath in a swearing-in ceremony at the apex court in Islamabad on Friday. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi administered the oath to them. 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