Justice Aminuddin appointed as first Chief Justice of Constitutional Court 

President Asif Ali Zardari has endorsed the appointment of Justice Aminuddin Khan as the first Chief Justice of the newly established Federal Constitutional Court, reported 24NewsHDTV Channel. 

Ministry of Law and Justice has issued the notification of Justice Aminuddin. Earlier, Justice Khan was serving as the head of the now-dissolved constitutional bench. 

President Zardari approved the appointment on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, read a statement. His appointment comes shortly after the National Assembly passed amendments to the Practice and Procedure Rules, paving the way for the cessation of the Constitutional Benches. The bill was passed by the lower house with a majority.

Born to a lawyer family, Advocate Khan Sadiq Muhammad Ahsan in Multan on December 1, 1960, Justice Khan received his education from a local school in the district, according to the Supreme Court’s website.

After completing his secondary school education in the year 1977 in Multan, he secured his Bachelor's Degree in subjects of Philosophy in the year 1981 and completed his LLB from University Law College, Multan in 1984 and a diploma in Taxation Law.

Justice Khan started practice with his father and obtained the license to practice in the lower courts in the year 1985. He enrolled as an advocate of the Lahore High Court in 1987.

Some years later, he was enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court in 2001. He joined a local firm in Multan in the year 2001, till elevation remained there.

In 2011, Justice Khan was appointed to the Lahore High Court bench, where he soon became noted for resolving long-standing civil cases efficiently. Presiding over cases at the Bahawalpur, Multan, and Lahore benches, he contributed a series of judgments that were frequently upheld by the Supreme Court.

He was elevated to the Supreme Court of Pakistan on October 21, 2019. Notable among Justice Khan’s recent judgments is his dissenting note in the July 12 reserved seats verdict. Justice Khan was also part of the nine-member larger bench that reviewed the presidential reference filed against the hanging of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.