Justice Afridi to be sworn in on 26th

The incoming chief justice Yahya Afridi is expected to take oath on Saturday, sources said on Tuesday.

According to the sources, Justice Afridi would form constitutional benches – another feature of the 26th Amendment – after taking oath as the CJP. Cases involving ar-ticles 184, 186 and 185 of the Constitution would be heard by those benches. Justice Afridi came from the Peshawar High Court, serving as its chief justice from December 2016 to June 2018. Previously, he was ignored for elevation to the Supreme Court during the tenure of former chief justice Saqib Nisar.