ISLAMABAD: Dr. Arif Alvi, the president of Pakistan, gave his approval on Wednesday to the selection of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as the country’s new chief justice (CJP).
Justice Qazi Faez Isa appointment as CJP: According to specifics, President Alvi approved the prime minister’s recommendation for the appointment of Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the senior-most judge on the Supreme Court, as Pakistan’s chief justice.
Upon the retirement of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, on September 17, 2023, Justice Isa will assume the position.
It is important to mention that Justice Gulzar Ahmed retired from his prominent judicial position after serving for more than two years, and subsequently, CJP Bandial took the oath of office on February 2, 2022.
According to specifics, President Alvi approved the prime minister’s recommendation for the appointment of Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the senior-most judge on the Supreme Court, as Pakistan’s chief justice.
Justice Isa will be appointed after Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial retires on September 17, 2023.
It is worth mentioning that CJP Bandial assumed the oath of office on February 2, 2022, succeeding Justice Gulzar Ahmed, who had held a prominent judicial position for over two years prior to his retirement.
Isa’s profile as a justice
Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who was born in Quetta on October 26, 1959, is the son of the late Qazi Mohammad Isa of Pishin, a leader in the Pakistan Movement.
Justice Qazi Faez Isa became a member of the English and Welsh Bar (Middle Temple, 1982) and registered as a counsel based in Balochistan for both the Balochistan High Court and the Supreme Court. For more than 27 years, he represented clients before the Federal Shariat Court, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and all of Pakistan’s High Courts.
He decided not to appear before judges who had broken their oath of office following the declaration of emergency on November 3, 2007. After the Supreme Court declared the action of November 3, 2007, unconstitutional, all the former judges of the High Court of Balochistan submitted their resignations. Afterward, on August 5, 2009, they promptly promoted Justice Isa to the position of Chief Justice of the High Court of Balochistan.
On September 5, 2014, Justice Qazi Faez Isa took his oath to serve as a judge of the Pakistani Supreme Court.