Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk takes oath as acting CJP.

Islamabad: Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk took oath as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan today. Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja administered oath to Justice Nasir ul Mulk who is senior most judge of the Supreme Court after the chief Justice, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani. Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk will act as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan during the absence of CJP who is proceeding to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah. Registrar of the Supreme Court, Syed Tahir Shahbaz, conducted the proceedings of the oath taking ceremony also attended by officers and staff of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

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Chief Justice Pakistan Tassadaq Jillani to retire next month.

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani will retire on July, 5 at the age of 65 years after serving more than ten years as judge and Chief Justice of the apex court. Justice Nasir ul Mulk, the senior most judge will be the new Chief Justice of Pakistan. He belongs to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and also remained Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court before his elevation as judge of the Supreme Court. According to bio-data available on the official website of the Supreme Court, Justice Jillani was born on July 6, 1949. He did Masters in Political Science from Forman Christian College, Lahore and LLB from the University of Punjab, Lahore. He completed a course in Constitutional Law from the University of London at the Institute of Advance Legal Studies. He started practice at the district courts Multan in 1974 and in 1976 he was elected as general secretary of the District Bar Association, Multan. He was elected Member Punjab Bar Council in 1978 and appointed Assistant Advocate General Punjab in July 1979. He was enrolled Advocate of the Supreme Court in 1983 and was appointed Additional Advocate General Punjab in 1993. He took oath as a judge of the Lahore High Court on August, 7, 1994 and was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on July 31, 2004 where he served till the imposition of the state of emergency on November 3, 2007. As he refused to take a fresh oath, he was made dysfunctional. He took oath again as judge of the Supreme Court in year 2008. He has participated and represented in a number of international meetings, conferences seminars and dialogues.

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Chief Justice Jillani refuses to have special protocol.

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has refused to have additional protocol and asked the Interior Ministry not to impose restrictions on commuters during his passage on a certain road. The chief justice expressed the view that the route-restrictions during passage of a dignitary create problems for the commuters. Moreover, he has also refused to take the services of the Rangers and Elite Force personnel though the Interior Ministry offered them to him. Conversely, former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has demanded of the federal government to provide him foolproof security and a bulletproof vehicle.Sources said that the Ministry of Interior wrote a letter to the Cabinet Division to ensure former CJ’s security. The ministry has also issued directives to IG Islamabad in this regard. Meanwhile, former Chief Justice Iftikhar’s protocol officer, Abdul Hameed Chaudhry has been appointed as Deputy Director Human Rights Cell at the Supreme Court.Using his discretionary powers, the former chief justice had promoted him to the rank of protocol officer, a grade-19 post. But, just two days after his retirement, the officer was transferred to the post of Deputy Director Human Rights Cell.Our correspondent adds from Lahore: Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani after assuming the charge of his office arrived in Lahore Friday.The chief justice is likely to spend a busy day in the city today (Saturday) and Sunday.