ISLAMABAD: Registrar Supreme Court (SC) has send three names for the new Chief Justice of Pakistan to Special Parliamentary Committee.
The Registrar of the Supreme Court has sent three names to the Special Parliamentary Committee on behalf of Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa.
Sources said that a letter was written to the Registrar Supreme Court on behalf of the Ministry of Law, in which the names of three senior judges were sought for the new Chief Justice.
The names of Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Yahya Afridi have been sent for the new Chief Justice.
After the implementation of the 26th constitutional amendment, the parliamentary committee meeting for the appointment of the new Chief Justice will be held today and the appointment of the new Chief Justice will be done three days before the retirement of the current Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa has moved to chamber work before retirement where he will write judgments these days.
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Among the three most senior judges of the Supreme Court, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah is the first, Justice Muneeb Akhtar is the second and Justice Yahya Afridi is the third.
