Justice Aminuddin Khan appointed first Chief Justice of Pakistan’s new Federal Constitutional Court

Supreme Court decide Justice Aminuddin Khan was on Thursday (November 13, 2025) appointed as the primary Chief Justice of Pakistan’s newly-established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC).

President Asif Ali Zardari accredited the appointment on the recommendation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Geo News reported, citing an official assertion.

The improvement got here hours after the President signed into regulation the controversial twenty seventh Constitutional Amendment, which offers for the creation of the FCC.

According to a notification issued by the Law Ministry, Mr. Khan’s appointment will take impact from the date he takes his oath of workplace.

The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled for Friday on the Presidency, the place the Chief Justices and judges of superior courts, together with senior authorities officers, have been invited to attend, the report stated.

The amended laws mandates the institution of the FCC to cope with issues associated to the Constitution, whereas the present Supreme Court would deal solely with conventional civil and prison circumstances.

One of the Supreme Court’s key powers, taking suo motu notices, has additionally been transferred to the FCC, which has been empowered to take suo motu discover upon petitions.

Earlier within the day, senior Supreme Court judges Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah resigned from their positions in protest in opposition to the constitutional modification, arguing that it undermined the Constitution and compromised the independence of the judiciary.