Overview
- Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza tendered his resignation to President Asif Ali Zardari and vacated his Lahore High Court chamber, according to news reports.
- Family sources said his letter stated he could not continue in good conscience in light of the 27th Constitutional Amendment.
- He is the first high-court judge to step down in connection with the amendment, following earlier exits by Supreme Court Justices Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah.
- The LHC Bar Association praised the move and announced a strike and boycott of court proceedings after urgent matters.
- Parallel to the resignations, appointments to the new Federal Constitutional Court progressed, with Justice KK Agha taking the oath under Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan.