ISLAMABAD: In a recent development, President Dr Arif Alvi has announced the appointment of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP). According to a statement from the President House, Justice Qazi Faez Isa will assume the office on September 17, 2023, following the retirement of the current Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Umar Ata Bandial. As per Article 179 of the Constitution, the incumbent chief justice will reach the age of superannuation on September 16, 2023. President Alvi appointed Justice Qazi Faez Isa under Article 175A (3) of the Constitution and will also administer the oath of office to him on September 17, 2023.
Born in Quetta on Oct 26, 1959, Justice Qazi Faez Isa is the son of the late Qazi Mohammad Isa of Pishin, who was in the forefront of the Pakistan Movement and a close associate of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Justice Isa’s father was the first person from the province to acquire the Bar-at-Law degree and helped establish the All India Muslim League in Balochistan after his return from London. His father had served as the only member on the Central Working Committee of the All India Muslim League from Balochistan.
Begum Saida Isa, Justice Isa’s mother, was a social worker and worked in an honorary capacity on the boards of hospitals and other charitable organisations which focused on education, children and women’s health issues.
After completing his primary and secondary education in Quetta, Isa moved to Karachi to finish his ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels from the Karachi Grammar School (KGS). He then went on to study law in London, where he completed his Bar Professional Examination from the Inns of Court School Law, London.
