The Islamabad High Court is the senior court of the
Islamabad Capital Territory
The Islamabad Capital Territory ( ur, , translit=Vafāqī Dār-alhakūmat) is the only federal territory of Pakistan. Located between the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it includes the country's capital city of Islamabad. The terr ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
, with
appellate jurisdiction over the following
district courts:
* Islamabad District Court (East)
* Islamabad District Court (West)
Justice
Aamer Farooq is the current Chief Justice, having taken oath on 11 November 2022.
History
The Court was originally established on 14 August 2007 by Presidential Order of
Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t ...
, the military ruler at the time. The Court ceased to exist on 31 July 2009 by a decision of the
Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Supreme Court of Pakistan ( ur, ; ''Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān'') is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Established in accordance to thePart VIIof the Constitution of Pakistan, it has ultimate a ...
following Constitution Petition No. 09 and 08 of 2009.
The Court was re-established by the Islamabad High Court Act, 2010 following the
18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
The Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں اٹھارہویں ترمیم) was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on April 8, 2010, removing the power of the President of Pakistan to d ...
. President
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari ( ur, ; sd, ; born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician who is the president of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and was the co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party. He served as the 11th president of Pakist ...
administered the oath to the first Chief Justice,
Iqbal Hameed ur Rahman on 3 January 2011 at the
Governor's House, Karachi
The Governor's House ( ur, ; previously known as the Government House, Governor-General's House and President's House) in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan is the official residence of the governor of Sindh. The current governor of Sindh is Kamran Tesso ...
.
Current composition
The Islamabad High Court is headed by a
Chief Justice. The bench consists of six Justices and additional judges. The mandatory retirement age of the Chief Justice and Justices is 62 years. The Additional
Judges were initially appointed for one year. After that, their services could either be extended or they could be confirmed or they were retired. The current composition of the High Court is as follows:
List of former chief justices
See also
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Islamabad District Court Islamabad is served by two district courts. Appeals from these courts are heard in Islamabad High Court. The Court currently sits in F-11, while separate Judicial Complex buildings are under plan.
History
From 1980 to 2011, District Judiciary w ...
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List of Chief Justices of Islamabad High Court
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List of Justices of Islamabad High Court
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Judiciary of Pakistan
The judiciary of Pakistan ( ur, پاکستان کی عدلیہ) is a hierarchical system with two classes of courts: the superior (or higher) judiciary and the subordinate (or lower) judiciary. The superior judiciary is composed of the Supreme ...
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Islamabad Bar Council
The Islamabad Bar Council is a statutory & deliberative assembly of lawyers in Islamabad Capital Territory for safeguarding the rights, interests and privileges of practicing lawyers, within Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. The Council als ...
References
External links
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High Courts of Pakistan
Court system of Pakistan
Islamabad Capital Territory