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Voice of The People Report: VOP Latest Breaking News Supreme Court Judge Justice Qazi Faez on Sunday took oath as the 29th chief justice of Pakistan’s (CJP) after his predecessor Umar Ata Bandial hung up his robes a day earlier.

Justice Qazi Faez Isa takes oath as 29th CJP
President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath at a ceremony held at the President House in Islamabad. Top government and military officials, including caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Army Chief Asim Munir, senators and foreign ambassadors, attended the ceremony.
Justice Isa’s tenure as the country’s chief justice, how ever, will be quite brief, as he is set to retire from the positions on October 25, 2024.
Justice Qazi Faez Isa joined Balochistan High Court in Jan 1985
He took oath as the apex court’s judge on September 5, 2014. Despite being the senior puisne judge, he was not assigned any constitutional case for the past three years, following a presidential reference filed against him in 2019.
The incoming top judge of the country was born on October 26, 1959, in Quetta. His father, the late Qazi Mohammad Isa, was a prominent leader in the Pakistan Movement and a close associate of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Qazi Faez Isa took oath as a Supreme Court judge on Sep 5, 2014
After completing his initial education in Quetta, Justice Isa pursued O and A levels studies from the Karachi Grammar School. He then moved to London to pursue his higher education in law to complete the bar professional examinations at the Inns of Court School of Law.
The incoming chief justice joined the Balochistan High Court on January 30, 1985, and became an advocate of the Supreme Court in March 1998. After an emergency was declared during the Pervez Musharraf era on November 3, 2007, Justice Isa decided not to appear before judges who took oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).
Senior judge not assigned any constitutional case for 3 years
At the same time, after the decision of November 3 was annulled by the Supreme Court, the Balochistan High Court judges resigned, while Justice Isa was directly appointed as the judge of the provincials high court on August 5, 2009.
He remained associated with the field of law for 27 years before being appointed as a judge in the Balochistan High Court and the Supreme Court. During this time, his assistance was sought in various important cases by different high courts and the Supreme Court, as well as for handling international arbitrations.