Justice Gulzar Ahmed Kiyani likely to become new Chief Justice

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Law has forwarded the summary for the appointment of the new Chief Justice of Pakistan.

The report said that Justice Gulzar Ahmed Kiyani, senior judge of the Supreme Court has been named as the new chief justice. He will replace the present CJ Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, who is due to retire on December 20.

Justice Gulzar will resume the charge as the new chief justice on December 21, if his appointment is approved by prime minister Imran Khan.

According to the official website of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Gulzar remained Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan from 20th – 28th November 2018 and 13th – 17th May 2019.

Justice Gulzar has served in the capacity of Legal Advisor of various multinational and local companies, banks and financial institutions.

He then enrolled as an Advocate on 18th January 1986 and as an Advocate of the High Court on 4th April 1988 and then as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 15th September 2001.

He was elevated to the post of a judge of the Sindh High Court on August 27, 2002, and later, as a judge of the Supreme Court on November 16, 2011.