ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya Afridi has been selected as the nation’s next top judge by the Special Parliamentary Committee, which was established for the first time in the nation’s history to designate the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP).
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has received the committee’s recommendation regarding Yahya Afridi.
Following the meeting, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar told reporters, “Justice Afridi’s nomination has been sent to the prime minister with a two-third majority.”
Following two rounds of in-camera meetings of the parliamentary panel, the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), which is supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), boycotted the proceedings “in line with the party’s political committee’s decision.”
