President Gen Pervez Musharraf appointed Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar new chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) in place of Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday.Gen Musharraf administered oath to Justice Dogar under the new Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) at PresidentÂ’s House. Three other SC judges have taken oath under the new PCO. They are justices Nawaz Abbasi, Faqir Muhammad Khokhar and Javed Buttar.
New PHC CJ: Meanwhile, Justice Talat Qayyum Qureshi took oath as chief justice of the PHC under the PCO, Akhtar Amin reported from Peshawar.
Six judges of the PHC including former CJ Justice Tariq Pervez Khan refused to take oath under the PCO. Justice Khan told Daily Times he didnÂ’t take the oath because the SC had declared the proclamation of emergency unconstitutional. There were reports that seven more judges of the PHC had taken oath under the PCO at GovernorÂ’s House.
More oaths: In a related development, Justice Amanullah Yasinzai has taken oath as BHC CJ, Justice Afzal Soomro as SHC CJ and Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry as LHC CJ, Daily Times Monitor reported quoting PTV.