Pakistan

Justice Mussarat Hilali takes oath as SC judge

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Friday administered the oath of office to Justice Mussarat Hilali, former chief justice of Peshawar High Court, as judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a simple but dignified ceremony.

Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, attorney general for Pakistan, advocate general Islamabad, senior lawyers and law officers and officers of Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan and Federal Judicial Academy Islamabad attended the ceremony.

The registrar Supreme Court conducted the proceedings of the oath-taking ceremony, the official news agency reported.

After Justice Hilali’s elevation, the number of top court judges has increased to 16 out of a total sanctioned strength of 17.

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