Pakistan
Justice Shafi Siddiqui takes oath as SHC CJ
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori administers oath to Justice Shafi Siddiqui at the Sindh Governor Housein Karachi today
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Karachi: Justice Shafi Siddiqui took the oath as the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court on Saturday.
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori administered the oath at a ceremony held on the premises of the SHC.
President Asif Ali Zardari approved his appointment as the Sindh High Court’s top judge under Article 175-A(13) of the Constitution.
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) had also unanimously recommended Justice Siddiqui’s elevation to the position of Chief Justice to fill the vacancy created by the elevation of Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi to the Supreme Court.
Born on August 12, 1965, Justice Siddiqui was appointed as a judge of the SHC on March 20, 2012. He was enrolled as an advocate of the subordinate judiciary and the high court in 1992 and 1994, respectively, and became an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2008.
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