Justice Qazi Faez Isa was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan today.

President Dr. Arif Alvi administered the oath to the new chief justice of the Supreme Court at a ceremony held at the President’s House in Islamabad.

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Federal Ministers, Army Chief, judges, former Chief Justices, Governors, and members from the legal fraternity attended the ceremony.

Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who is the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, will be the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan.

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir were present at the oath-taking ceremony.

Services chiefs, cabinet members, judges and lawyers were also present at the oath-taking ceremony.

On his first day on duty as CJP on Monday, Chief Justice Isa will hear a set of petitions challenging the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act, 2023.

However, according to legal experts, the biggest challenge before newly appointed Chief Justice Isa would be when petitions seeking election within 90 days would land in the Supreme Court.

Besides this, the challenges to the military trials of civilians would also be a test for CJP as in a dissenting judgment against military courts in August 2015, Justice Isa observed “21st Amendment does not succeed in its attempt to try civilians by the military and that the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, which if implemented would help to stem terrorism and also ensure the conviction of terrorists.”

Justice Isa’s nomination as the next Chief Justice of Pakistan was approved by President Dr Arif Alvi on June 21.

Former CJP Bandial yesterday expressed best wishes for his successor.