{"id":514541,"date":"2025-11-15T00:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=514541"},"modified":"2025-11-15T00:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:58:41","slug":"justice-aminuddin-sworn-in-as-cj-constitutional-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/justice-aminuddin-sworn-in-as-cj-constitutional-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Aminuddin sworn in as CJ Constitutional Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nMarking a historic point in country\u2019s judicial and constitutional history, Justice Aminuddin Khan on Friday was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the newly formed Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) today (Friday) under the 27th Constitutional Amendment. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to Justice Aminuddin at the Aiwan-e-Sadar today, a day after he approved his appointment to the key post on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.<br \/>\nThe president made the appointment under clause (3) of Article 175-A, read with Article 175-C of the Constitution. It added that it would come into effect from the date that Justice Aminuddin took his oath.<br \/>\nThe oath-taking ceremony was attended by Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force chiefs, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and federal ministers including DPM Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and other dignitaries and officials.<br \/>\nJustice Aminuddin, whose legal practice started around four decades back, was previously serving as the head of the now-dissolved constitutional bench, which was formed as a result of the 26th Constitutional Amendment last year.<br \/>\nThe Ministry of Law has also issued a notification for the appointment of six judges to the FCC. The judges include Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Aamer Farooq, Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha, Justice Rozi Khan Barrech and Justice Arshad Hussain Shah.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Justice Aminuddin later administered the oath to other three out of total six FCC judges after being sworn in as the CJ of the said court. Three judges, namely, Justice Farooq, Justice Najafi and Justice Rizvi have taken oath in the first phase.<br \/>\nThe oath-taking ceremony was held at the open area between the judges\u2019 and administration block in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Marking a historic point in country\u2019s judicial and constitutional history, Justice Aminuddin Khan on Friday was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the newly formed Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) today (Friday) under the 27th Constitutional Amendment. 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