*PESHAWAR: A constitutional petition challenging the oath-taking of theincumbent Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khan Khosa was filed in thePeshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday.*
The petition demands that the chief justice should take the oath of theoffice of the country’s top judge afresh. “The constitutional obligationswere not fulfilled during the oath-taking of Justice Khosa.”
It states that President Arif Alvi’s taking oath from the country’s topadjudicator is against the relevant constitutional obligations for hebelongs to a political party.
On Jan 18, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, the senior most judge of theSupreme Court, took oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan in aceremony held at President House in Islamabad.
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President Alvi administered oath to the new chief justice of the country.Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General QamarJaved Bajwa, federal ministers, sitting and former judges of the SupremeCourt apart from foreign dignitaries attended the ceremony.
