Notification of Justice Yahya Afridi's appointment as new CJP issued

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari appointed Justice Yahya Afridi as the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), after which the Law Ministry also issued a notification for his appointment.

According to the presidency's announcement, the President of Pakistan has appointed Justice Yahya Afridi for three years starting October 26.

The President of Pakistan appointed the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under Articles 175 A (3), 177 and 179 of the Constitution.

The President also approved the swearing-in of Justice Yahya Afridi as Chief Justice on October 26.

It is pertinent to note that yesterday the 12-member Parliamentary Committee for Appointment of Judges approved the appointment of Justice Yahya Afridi as the CJP, after which Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sent a recommendation to the President of Pakistan to appoint Justice Yahya Afridi as the Chief Justice.

Career of Justice Yahya Afridi

Supreme Court Judge Justice Yahya Afridi was born on January 23, 1965 in Dera Ismail Khan, received his primary education from Aitchison College Lahore, graduated from Government College Lahore and obtained MA Economics degree from Punjab University Lahore.

He also obtained an LLM from Jesus College Cambridge University on a Commonwealth Scholarship. Justice Yahya Afridi started practicing as a High Court Advocate in 1990 and as a Supreme Court Advocate in 2004.

Justice Yahya also served as Assistant Advocate General for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was appointed Additional Judge of Peshawar High Court (PHC) in 2010 and was appointed as Permanent Judge on March 15, 2012. On December 30, 2016. Yahya Afridi took oath as the Chief Justice of PHC on December 30, 2016.

He was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on June 28, 2018.

Justice Yahya Afridi heard various cases in the Supreme Court, was part of the larger bench in the case related to the reserved seats of the Sunni Unity Council (SIC) and also wrote his dissenting note in the judgment related to the case.

He was also part of the nine-member larger bench of the Supreme Court on the presidential reference against the execution of former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.