On Wednesday, Justice Umar Ata Bandial was sworn in as Pakistan’s 28th Chief Justice during a ceremony at Islamabad’s Aiwan-e-Sadr.
President Arif Alvi delivered the oath of office to him. The event was attended by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Supreme Court judges, senior lawyers, and various ministers.