Justice Nasir-ul- Mulk takes oath as CJP today

ISLAMABAD: Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk will take oath as Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) today (Sunday).

The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. President Mamnoon Hussuan will administer the oath to the newly appointed Chief Justice of Pakistan.

Judges of the Supreme Court, Federal Shariat Court and Islamabad High Court president, Supreme Court Bar Association, Attorney General of Pakistan, vice chairman Pakistan Bar Council, senior advocates, federal ministers and others will attend the ceremony.


Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk will remain Chief Justice of Pakistan till August 16, 2015 as per his bio-data available on the official website of the Supreme Court.


Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk belongs to Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and did his Barrister-at-Law from the Inner Temple London in 1976.

He delivered lectures at the Khyber Law College Peshawar and Peshawar University besides delivering lectures as guest speaker at the NWFP Provincial Services Academy Peshawar.

He practiced as an advocate in all fields of law for more than 17 years until his elevation as judge of the Peshawar High Court.

He also remained Chief Justice Peshawar High Court for some time before his elevation as judge of the Supreme Court.


He was elected as Secretary General, Peshawar High Court Bar Association, in 1981.

He was also elected twice as President of the High Court Bar Association, Peshawar, in 1990 and 1993. He also remained Advocate General NWFP in 1993.


He was appointed judge of the Peshawar High Court on June 4, 1994 and elevated as Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court on May 31, 2004.

He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on April 5, 2005. He also remained Chairman Federal Review Board of Pakistan since 2009.

He is currently Acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan and Judge Incharge, Federal Judicial Academy.


Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk also participated in international symposiums, including the International Judicial Training Conference Barcelona, Spain 2007, World Justice Forum II Austria Centre Vienna 2009, The International Association of Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions (IASAJ) 2010, Congress Sydney & Canberra Australia.


He also headed the delegation of judges and the legal fraternity of the country to visit to the United States of America in 2013.