Justice Asif Saeed Khosa takes oath as 26th CJP

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa takes oath as 26th CJP

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa took oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Friday morning.

President Dr. Arif Alvi administered the oath to him. The ceremony was attended among others by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Senate Chairman, Speaker National Assembly, members of the federal cabinet, parliamentarians, services chiefs and serving and retired judges of the Supreme Court and lawyers.

Several foreign dignitaries belonging to law and justice field also attended the ceremony.

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa brings with him a vast experience in the law and justice field.

He has decided about 55000 cases during his 19 years of career so far.

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa received his undergraduate and masters degrees from University of Punjab and his LL.M degree from Queens' college at Cambridge in 1978.