ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi approved the appointment of senior judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa as the next Chief Justice of Pakistan.
The appointment will come into effect on September 17 when the incumbent chief justice, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, retires from service.
An announcement issued by the presidency said incumbent CJP Bandial will reach the age of retirement on September 16, 2023, under Article 179 of the Constitution.
“The president has appointed the chief justice under Article 175 of the Constitution. The president will administer oath to Justice Qazi Faez Isa on September 17, 2023,” it added.
Justice Isa will become the 29th top judge of the country when he takes the oath as CJP on September 17. President Alvi will administer the oath to Justice Isa.
موجودہ چیف جسٹس آف پاکستان، جسٹس عمر عطا بندیال، آئین کے آرٹیکل 179 کے تحت 16 ستمبر 2023ءکو ریٹائرمنٹ کی عمر حاصل کرلیں گے
صدر مملکت نے چیف جسٹس کی تعیناتی آئین کے آرٹیکل 175 اے تین کے تحت کی
صدر مملکت جسٹس قاضی فائز عیسیٰ سے 17 ستمبر 2023 ء کو عہدے کا حلف لیں گے
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) June 21, 2023
Brief profile
Qazi Faez Isa was born on 26 October, 1959 in Quetta and is the son of the Qazi Mohammad Isa of Pishin. After completing his primary and secondary education in Quetta, Isa moved to Karachi to finish his ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels from the Karachi Grammar School (KGS).
Justice Isa was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple, 1982) and enrolled as an advocate of the Balochistan High Court in 1985 and years late as an Advocate Supreme Court in March 1998.
He practiced law for over 27 years before all the High Courts of Pakistan, the Federal Shariat Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He became a member of the Balochistan High Court Bar Association, Sindh High Court Bar Association and Life Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.
After the proclamation of emergency of November 3, 2007, he decided not to appear before judges who violated their oath.
The Supreme Court declared the action unconstitutional and all the judges of the Balochisan High Court tendered their resignation. On August 5, 2009 Justice Isa was directly elevated to the position of Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court.
At the time of his elevation Justice Isa was the solitary judge in the High Court. He nominated judges, all of whom were confirmed, and thus reestablished the High Court of Balochistan.
Justice Isa took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 5 September, 2014. He now lives in Islamabad with his wife. He has a son and a daughter and three grandchildren.
