ISLAMABAD: Senior judge of the Islamabad High Court Justice Aamer Farooq on Friday took oath as the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath to Justice Aamer Farooq at the President House. Justice Aamer Farooq became the new Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court following the elevation of Chief Justice Athar Minallah to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Chief Justice Aamer farooq profile
Chief Justice Aamer Farooq was born on 26th April 1969 and he got his Senior Cambridge certificate in 1986 from St. Anthony’s High School Lahore and Higher Senior Cambridge certificate from Aitchison College in the year 1988.
He secured his LLB degree from London University, UK and qualified as Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, London in the year 1993. He was enrolled as an Advocate of the Lahore High Court in the year 1994 and as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the year 2007.
He established his law practice at Lahore with an office at Islamabad as well, dealing mostly with banking, commercial, tax and civil matters. Since 2009 until his elevation, he was part of adjunct faculty at Lahore University of Management Sciences.
He took oath as an Additional Judge of Islamabad High Court on 1st January 2015 and as confirmed Judge on 23rd December 2015.
