Fresh appointment of judges —  new seniority list updated

ISLAMABAD: Following the appointment of seven judges to the apex court on Friday, the seniority list has been updated with Justice Mansoor Ali Shah ranking first after Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi.

Below is how the list stands after the changed were witnessed in the courts recently, helmed by CJP Afridi.

1. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah
2. Justice Muneeb Akhtar
3. Justice Aminuddin
4. Justice Jamal Mandokhail
5. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar
6. Justice Ayesha Malik
7. Justice Athar Minallah
8. Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi
9. Justice Shahid Waheed
10. Justice Musarrat Hilali
11. Justice Irfan Saadat
12. Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan
13. Justice Shehzad Malik
14. Justice Aqeel Abbasi
15. Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan
16. Justice Hashim Kakar
17. Justice Shafi Siddiqui
18. Justice Salahuddin
19. Justice Shakeel Ahmed
20. Justice Aamer Farooq
21. Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim

Earlier in the day, six permanent judges and one ad-hoc judge have taken the oath today, making it a total of seven being sworn in the Supreme Court under CJP Afridi. Justice Aamer Farooq, who helmed IHC has been elevated to the Supreme Court, leading Justice Sarfraz Dogar to fill his position.

Justice Sarfraz Dogar takes charge as Chief Justice IHC

Justice Aamer Farooq, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, Justice Shakil Ahmed, Justice Shafi Siddiqui were sworn in. Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Hashim Kakar were all sworn as Supreme Court judges. Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb took the oath as an ad-hoc judge.

The event was the first-ever open-air oath-taking ceremony in the Supreme Court and was held outside to accommodate the large number of attendees.