M Hafeez appointed as FCC Registrar , Mazhar Bhatti as Secretary to CJ Aminuddin

The federal government has appointed former District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Hafeez as the maiden Registrar of the newly-constituted Federal Constitutional Court. 

In addition, Mazhar Bhatti has been appointed as Secretary to the Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court. 

Earlier Supreme Court judge Justice Aminuddin Khan took oath as the inaugural Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) at Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad on Friday. 

President Asif Zardari administered the oath to Justice Aminuddin Khan who was appointed as the Chief Justice of the newly-created Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also attended the oath-taking ceremony.

Later, President Zardari and PM Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Justice Aminuddin Khan on becoming the first chief justice of FCC. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also attended the ceremony.

The development came soon after President Zardari signed the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill into law, prompting Supreme Court Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah to resigned from their offices in protest.

A notification from the law ministry said President Zardari made the appointment under clause (3) of Article 175A read with Article 175C of the Constitution, adding it will come into effect from the date that Justice Aminuddin Khan takes his oath.

The chief justices, judges of superior courts, federal ministers, National Assembly Speaker, Senate Chairman and high-ranking officials had been invited to attend the ceremony.

Reporter: Amanaat Gishkori