CJP Yahya Afridi heads first full court session after oath  

ISLAMABAD: The full court session under the supervision of Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi is going on in the Supreme Court.

According to the sources, in the full court meeting, various judicial matters including the reservations of the judges will be considered.

It is the first full court meeting of the Supreme Court under the supervision of Justice Yahya Afridi, in which all the judges except the senior most judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah are participating.

It should be noted that after the implementation of the 26th constitutional amendment, the special parliamentary committee appointed Justice Yahya Afridi as the Chief Justice.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah did not participate in his swearing-in ceremony due to his age, while he did not participate in the full court reference of Qazi Faez’s retirement.

However, he wrote a letter to the Registrar Supreme Court in which he pointed out issues in judiciary.

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