Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim has taken oath as acting chief justice of Peshawar High Court at a ceremony in the provincial capital on Monday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Senior PHC judge Justice Ijaz Anwar administered the oath to Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim.

Justice Ibrahim was appointed as acting PHC CJ days before PHC Chief Justice Ibrahim Khan retired on April 14.

It may be mentioned here that Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim led the five-judge bench which pronounced the verdict not to allocate special National Assembly seats to PTI-SIC.

Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) will give final approval of Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim as PHC chief justice.

Ishtiaq Ibrahim had also served as president of Peshawar High Court Bar Association.

Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim’s profile

Born to a respectable family of Peshawar on 2nd December, 1969.

Education

• Received his secondary education in the year 1985 from University Public School, Peshawar.
• Higher Secondary School Certificate from Government College, Peshawar in the year 1987.
• Bachelor of Arts from Government College, Peshawar in the year 1989.
• LLB from Khyber Law College, Peshawar in the year 1992.

 Professional Career

• Enrolled as an Advocate of the Lower Courts on 18.05.1993
• Enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court on 11.03.1995
• Enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26.09.2008

 Activities at Bar

• Remained as Assistant Advocate General, KPK from 1999 to 2000.
• Remained as Special Prosecutor NAB from 2001 to 2002.
• Remained as Additional Advocate General, KPK from 2008 to 2010.

Memberships

• Elected as Joint Secretary Peshawar High Court Bar Association for the year 1998-1999
• Elected as General Secretary Peshawar High Court Bar Association for the year 2007-2008
• Elected as President Peshawar High Court Bar Association for the year 2013-2014

 Judicial Career

• Elevated to the Bench as Additional Judge on 11th August, 2016
• One Year extension was granted on 25.7.2017 by the SJC of Pakistan
• Confirm as Permanent Judge of the Peshawar High Court on 01.06.2018.

 Reporter Amir Shahzad