ISLAMABAD: Following the retirement of current Chief
Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, the most senior judge of the Supreme Court
Justice Asif Saeed
Khosa has been
named as the
26th Chief
Justice of Pakistan. President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has accepted nomination of
Justice Asif Saeed
Khosa as Chief
Justice of Pakistan.
Justice Khosa will assume charge of his office on January 18 in the ceremony at the presidency. He will remain as the top judge of Pakistan till December 20, 2019. Chief
Justice Saqib Nisar, who assumed his office on December 31, 2016, is set to retire on 17th of this month. He has been a senior
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 31 December 2016.
Justice Khosa was born on 21 December 1954. He has served as
Justice of the Supreme Court since 18 February 2010 and also served as judge of the Lahore High Court prior to that. Before becoming a judge, he was an advocate of the Supreme Court Bar Association and Lahore High Court Bar Association.
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