ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan(CJP) Yaha Afridi administered oath to the six newly appointed Supreme Court judges in a ceremony held on Friday.
The judges who took oath of office include Justice Aamer Farooq, Justice Hashim Kakar, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, Justice Shakeel Ahmed, Justice Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Salahuddin Panwar.
Meanwhile, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb also took oath as Acting Judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi administrated oath to Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb.
Islamabad High Court Judge Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, attorney general, lawyers, law officers and judicial staff were also present in the oath -taking ceremony.
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Earlier, Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has approved the appointment of six judges in the apex court.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers and two Supreme Court judges boycotted the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s meeting for the appointment of new judges to the supreme court.
A Judicial Commission meeting chaired by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi was held. The meeting demanded the postponement of the meeting till the decision on the 26th Constitutional Amendment, but voting on this objection, the majority decided that the meeting would be continued.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Muneeb Akhtar boycotted the meeting for not halting the proceedings of the Judicial Commission, while Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Barrister Ali Zafar also boycotted the meeting.
