Islamabad, Jan 18 (UNI) Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, will take oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan on Friday, after the retirement of Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, in a ceremony, to be held in President House Islamabad Aiwan-i-Sadr.
President Arif Alvi will administer oath to Justice Khosa at 1000 hrs before an audience of Supreme Court judges, senior lawyers and dignitaries, Dawn reported.
A number of foreign dignitaries have been invited to take part in today's ceremony; Chief Justice of India Justice-Ranjan Gogoi, President Supreme Court of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus- Narin Ferdi Sefik, Chief Judge State of Borno Nigeria-Kashim Zannah, former senior puisne judge Supreme Court of India and President Governing Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur, Savita Lokur (spouse), and Sandra E Oxner, former judge and founding president Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, Canada.
At outgoing chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar's full court reference on Thursday, Justice Khosa introduced the agenda for his tenure, "To attend to the causes that contribute towards delay in disposition of cases at all levels of the judicial hierarchy."
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