Justice Qazi Faez Isa takes oath as 29th chief justice of Pakistan

Islamabad: Justice Qazi Faez Isa took oath as the 29th chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) at a ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Sunday.

He was administered the oath of office by President Arif Alvi. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, top military officials, caretaker federal ministers, senators and foreign ambassadors, attended the ceremony.

Justice Isa will serve in the top judicial office until October 25, 2024.

Justice Qazi Faez Isa 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.

Justice Isa finished his elementary schooling in Quetta before attending the Karachi Grammar School to pursue his O and A level courses. He afterwards relocated to London to attend the Inns of Court School of Law to complete his legal studies in preparation for the bar professional examination.

The incoming CJP 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).

Justice Isa was directly appointed as the judge of the Balochistan High Court on August 5, 2009.

He has practised law for over 27 years before 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.