ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday appointed Supreme Court judge Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan as the first Chief Justice of the newly created Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), according to a notification issued by the law ministry.
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The appointment comes after the government enacted the 27th Constitutional Amendment, which reshaped Pakistan’s judicial and military command structure. Under the amendment, all constitutional cases will now shift from the Supreme Court to the FCC, while additional powers have been granted to the army chief.
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Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan, born in Multan in 1960, studied philosophy and law before starting legal practice in 1985. He became an advocate of the Lahore High Court in 1987 and the Supreme Court in 2001, specialising in civil, property and inheritance matters.
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He was elevated to the Lahore High Court bench in 2011 and later to the Supreme Court in 2019, where he decided thousands of cases during his judicial career.
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His appointment follows the sudden resignations of Justices Athar Minallah and Mansoor Ali Shah, who termed the 27th Amendment a direct attack on constitutional principles, highlighting renewed tensions between the executive and judiciary.
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