Pakistani Supreme Court

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Emblem of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The inscription reads:

فاحكم بين الناس بالحق
"Judge between men in righteousness"
( Quran 38:26)

Supreme Court building

The Supreme Court of Pakistan ( Urdu عدالت عظمیٰ پاکستان DMG Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān ) is the highest court in Pakistan's judicial hierarchy . The current Chief Justice has been Asif Saeed Khosa since January 18, 2019 .

The Supreme Court has its permanent seat in Islamabad . It also has a number of branch registrations where cases are heard. The Supreme Court has a number of de jure powers, as stated in the Constitution . Throughout several periods of military coups and constitutional suspensions, the Supreme Court has also stood out as the de facto controller of military violence.

Attached to the Supreme Court is the internationally controversial Federal Sharia court , which was introduced by the military dictator Zia ul-Haq in the course of the re-Islamization with the strict Hudood Ordinances and which checks all laws for conformity with Islamic law .

Web links

• The Court website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Justice appointed next Mian Saqib Nisar CJP . December 7, 2016