Overview
- The Federal Constitutional Court released its inaugural cause list to begin hearing constitutional cases next week.
- Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan will sit in Courtroom No. 1, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi in Courtroom No. 2, and Justices Aamer Farooq and K. K. Agha will form a two-member bench in Courtroom No. 3.
- Justice Ali Baqar Najafi and Justice Arshad Hussain are not assigned to any bench for the coming judicial week.
- Chief Justice Khan made initial administrative appointments, naming Muhammad Hafeez as registrar and Mazhar Bhatti as secretary to the chief justice.
- Parliament’s 27th Constitutional Amendment has become law with presidential assent, drawing criticism that it places the judiciary under executive administrative control as opposition parties vow court challenges.