ISLAMABAD: In a simple yet dignified ceremony on Monday, Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi administered the oath of office to Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb upon his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The ceremony was attended by judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan, the Federal Shariat Court, and High Courts. The Attorney General for Pakistan, senior members of the Bar, officers of the Federal Judicial Academy, law officers, and officers of the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan also participated in the ceremony.
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Muhammad Sohail Laghari, conducted the proceedings. Officials of the Supreme Court were also present on the occasion.
On December 3, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), by a majority decision, recommended Justice Aurangzeb for elevation as a permanent judge of the Supreme Court. He was appointed as an acting judge of the apex court on February 10 this year, after he was elevated from the Islamabad High Court.
Born on Sep 14, 1970, Justice Aurangzeb hails from Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where he received his primary education. He then studied in Abbottabad and Islamabad before moving to the University of Wales, College of Cardiff, the UK, in 1991, for an LLB (Hons) degree. After gaining a law degree in 1994, he proceeded to Lincoln’s Inn, where he was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1995. He did his LLM in corporate and commercial law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London.
With the oath of Justice Aurangzeb, the total strength of the Supreme Court is 18 judges, including the Chief Justice of Pakistan. After the establishment of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), four judges of the Supreme Court— Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Aamer Farooq, and Justice Ali Baqar Najafi — were appointed as the judges of the FCC, and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah had resigned last month.
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