Summary Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani has taken oath as Chief of Justice of Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - President Mamnoon Hussain administered oath to Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani during a ceremony at the Presidency today (Thursday).
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif‚ federal ministers‚ Supreme Court judges‚ lawyers and diplomats were also present on the occasion.
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Tassaduq Hussain Jillani did his bachelor from Government Emerson College Multan and obtained a degree in M.A.
Political Science from Forman Christian College and subsequently a graduate degree in Law from the University of the Punjab.
Justice Jillani received ‘Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters’ from Southern Virginia University in a special convocation in 2007.
He also completed a course in Constitutional Law from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London.
Tassaduq Hussain Jillani started practice at District Courts‚ Multan in 1974. He was elected General Secretary of District Bar Association Multan in 1976 and in 1978‚ was elected Member of the Punjab Bar Council.
In 1993‚ he was appointed as Advocate General of Punjab.
Justice Jillani was elevated as a Judge of Lahore High Court on August 7‚ 1994. He was elevated as Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan on July 31‚ 2004.
Before his appointment as the Chief Justice of Pakistan‚ Justice Jilani was serving as the Acting Chief Election Commissioner.
