CJP, Yahya Afridi, appointed new staff to his office on Thursday, sources reported. He selected Muhammad Yasin, a senior private secretary, as his Secretary and appointed Muhammad Arif, another senior private secretary, as his Executive Officer.
Sources added that a new Registrar for the Supreme Court will be appointed soon.
He took his oath as Pakistan’s 30th Chief Justice Last week. President Asif Zardari administered the oath at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad, attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and all Supreme Court judges.
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Justice Afridi will serve for three years under the recent 26th constitutional amendment. The ceremony began with a recitation from the Holy Quran and an official announcement of Justice Afridi’s appointment.
