ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday assented to name of Justice Yahya Afridi, a Supreme Court choose, because the thirtieth Chief Justice of Pakistan. The president made the appointment of Justice Afridi for a length of three years with impact from Oct 26, 2024, according to a President House press launch. The appointment was made in workout of the powers conferred upon the president below Articles one hundred seventy five A (3), 177 and 179 of the constitution. The Ministry of Law later issued a notification of appointment of Justice Yahya Afridi as chief justice of Pakistan. President Zardari additionally approved Oct 26 as the date for administering the oath of office to Justice Afridi as the following Chief Justice of Pakistan. The special parliamentary committee nominated Justice Yahya Afridi because the CJP after “thorough deliberations” until past due Tuesday night. Earlier, the committee meeting changed into postponed until 8:30pm on Tuesday but it went beyond the time. The committee, which held its first round of meeting, changed into constituted for the first time within the united states’s records for the appointment of the pinnacle choose.
Members of the Committee
The committee became formed following the twenty sixth modification and it comprised representatives from each the National Assembly and the Senate. It comprised MNAs Khawaja Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Shaista Pervaiz Malik, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Syed Naveed Qamar, Rana Ansar, Gohar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza, and Senators Farooq Hameed Naik, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Syed Ali Zafar and Kamran Murtaza. The consultation occurred at Room No five of Parliament House. The different judges in contention had been Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Munib Akhtar. The outgoing leader justice, Qazi Faez Isa, is set to retire on Oct 25.
What most important trade 26th modification brings approximately in CJP appointment
The 26th modification has introduced about big modifications to the judicial appointments. For example, beneath amendments to clause 3 of Article 175A, instead of the president appointing the “most senior judge of the Supreme Court” as the CJP, the pinnacle choose will now be “appointed on the advice of the Special Parliamentary Committee from amongst the three maximum senior” SC judges.
PTI-SIC did now not participate
The assembly become held with out members of the PTI and Sunni Ittehad Council in attendance. The National Assembly Secretariat said that the SIC participants had taken very last choice now not to attend the parliamentary panel’s meeting. “The committee has been apprised of the SIC’s choice.” Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said efforts would be made to woo the PTI and SIC. And, he clarified, in case of their absence once more, the committee could retain its lawsuits.
