Justice Qazi Faez Isa sworn in as the new chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) at a ceremony in Islamabad.
He was administered the oath by President Arif Alvi, as caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar was also present.
High-ranking government and military officials, including army chief Gen Syed Asim Munir, federal ministers, senators, foreign ambassadors, former chief justices of the country and other dignitaries witnessed the oath-taking ceremony.
Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s term as chief justice of Pakistan will last for over a year, concluding on October 25, 2024.
His journey to this esteemed position began when he was initially sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on September 5, 2014.
Justice Isa is the senior-most judge of the top court after outgoing CJP Umar Ata Bandial.
Justice Isa was born on October 26, 1959, in Quetta. His father, Qazi Muhammad Isa, was a leading member of the movement for the establishment of Pakistan and a close associate of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Justice Isa completed his primary education in Quetta and his A and O levels at Karachi Grammar School. He then went to London to study law, where he completed the bar professional examination.
Justice Isa was registered as an advocate in the Balochistan High Court (BHC) on January 30, 1985, and became an advocate of the SC in March 1998.
He practiced law in the BHC and the SC for over 27 years before being appointed as the chief justice of the BHC in 2009.
The jurist served as chief justice of the high court from 2009 to 2014 and was elevated to the SC in 2014.
