President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday administered oath of the office of Chief Justice Islamabad High Court to Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, in an oath-taking ceremony, held at Aiwan e Sadr.
The ceremony was attended by judges of the high court, Chairman Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz, ministers, parliamentarians, representatives and members of lawyers’ bodies and legal fraternity, law officers, lawyers and mediapersons.
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Earlier, Justice Dogar has been performing as Acting CJ of IHC. President Asif Ali Zardari officially designated Justice Sarfraz Dogar as the senior-most judge of the Islamabad High Court, following a review of the seniority of the court’s judges, as per a notification issued in light of a Supreme Court decision.
According to the notification, President Zardari finalized the seniority list of Islamabad High Court judges, placing Justice Sarfraz Dogar at the top. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani was ranked second, while Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb holds the third position in the seniority hierarchy.
